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Opinion pieces, commentary and analysis articles, and interviews with education experts focusing on the issues that concern parents of primary school pupils in Hong Kong and around the world.
- School bodies say cut to discretionary places at popular primaries could help tackle under-enrolment and risk of closure at other schools
- Some experts say change would also halt ‘musical chairs’ as parents try to get their children into more popular schools
Education Bureau predicts a 15 per cent drop in pupil numbers over the next six years and says schools will close.
More are expected to resume regular schedules from early next year, with only a handful of the city’s pupils returning on Thursday.
Education Bureau down plays the impact, but schools feel the absence of a record number of teachers who have quit since 2019 social unrest.
More than 41,000 Hong Kong pupils have been allocated their first choice of secondary school by centralised system.
Hong Kong’s Education Bureau says 49,448 eligible Primary Six children joined the secondary school places allocation system for 2022-23 academic year.
Influx attributed to BN(O) scheme offering pathway to citizenship, with Nottinghamshire getting the most applications.
Education authorities reveal 89 per cent of pupils received one of their top three primary school choices during this year’s two-stage allocation process
Students of higher forms will be first to return to campuses on April 19 for half-day classes.
Figure revealed by Education Bureau after lawmaker Michael Tien Puk-sun asks if strict anti-epidemic measures are pushing native English teachers to leave.
Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary School urges exam authorities to allow students in infected households to sit assessments at special centres.
Local and international school heads describe positive response from bureau officials after they expressed concerns about summer break being advanced to March and April to free up campuses for Covid-19 fight.
70 per cent of students need to get at least one dose of the BioNTech vaccine or two jabs of Sinovac for full-day classes to return.
Latest Education Bureau figures show there were 6,016 and 193 vacancies at secondary and primary schools respectively between August and end November.
The topic is not suitable for primary school students, as they ‘have no background and knowledge of the historical incidents’, says Fanny Law.
Schools shorten Christmas, other breaks to let staff have eight weeks off for travel over summer.
Executive Council convenor Bernard Chan says Hong Kong faces problem over movement of pupils and teachers, with some leaving for family reasons.
‘Too many Hong Kong applicants,’ say some British schools that prefer a mix of foreign students.
Overall success rate for children seeking Primary One spots hits 11-year high, but number applying drops amid declining birth rate and emigration.
