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The English Schools Foundation (ESF) operates five secondary schools, nine primary schools and a school for students with special educational needs across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. It is the largest international educational foundation in Asia.
An idea that surfaced among high school classmates 14 years ago launched a project helping lower-income children in the city get a better shot at life.
An idea that surfaced among high school classmates 14 years ago launched a project helping lower-income children in the city get a better shot at life.
Mike Rowse says the parents whose children rely on the English Schools Foundation for an education deserve government support
Mike Rowse says the parents whose children rely on the English Schools Foundation for an education deserve government support
Parents whose children enter Year One at the English Schools Foundation next year will have to pay 22 per cent more as the government starts to phase out its annual HK$283 million subsidy.
Parents whose children enter Year One at the English Schools Foundation next year will have to pay 22 per cent more as the government starts to phase out its annual HK$283 million subsidy.
There is no guarantee that English Schools Foundation tuition fees will remain among the lowest charged by Hong Kong’s international schools in the future, the body’s new chairman Abraham Razack said.
There is no guarantee that English Schools Foundation tuition fees will remain among the lowest charged by Hong Kong’s international schools in the future, the body’s new chairman Abraham Razack said.
Some parents still believe that if the foundation had declined the government's 2013 decision to phase out the subsidy - and stood with the parents to fight it - things may have been different.
Some parents still believe that if the foundation had declined the government's 2013 decision to phase out the subsidy - and stood with the parents to fight it - things may have been different.
The English Schools Foundation announced fee increases of up to 8.8 per cent on Wednesday.
The English Schools Foundation announced fee increases of up to 8.8 per cent on Wednesday.
The English Schools Foundation is proposing to raise tuition fees in its schools by up to 8 per cent this year, the Sunday Morning Post has learned.
The English Schools Foundation is proposing to raise tuition fees in its schools by up to 8 per cent this year, the Sunday Morning Post has learned.
A group of secondary pupils has convinced 16 principals from the English Schools Foundation to switch to recycled printing paper, despite the fact that the move will cost the schools an additional HK$200,000 a year in total.
A group of secondary pupils has convinced 16 principals from the English Schools Foundation to switch to recycled printing paper, despite the fact that the move will cost the schools an additional HK$200,000 a year in total.
The English Schools Foundation has recorded eight top scorers in the International Baccalaureate Diploma - its second-best tally of high-fliers in the Geneva-based exams.
The English Schools Foundation has recorded eight top scorers in the International Baccalaureate Diploma - its second-best tally of high-fliers in the Geneva-based exams.
Ever since British gunboats took on the overmatched Chinese navy in the name of "free trade" (then a euphemism for the right to peddle opium), Hong Kong has been a place of great paradoxes.
Ever since British gunboats took on the overmatched Chinese navy in the name of "free trade" (then a euphemism for the right to peddle opium), Hong Kong has been a place of great paradoxes.
The English Schools Foundation is under fire from parents after revealing plans to impose a non- refundable one-off charge of up to HK$38,000 on new students from next year in its struggle to make ends meet.
The English Schools Foundation is under fire from parents after revealing plans to impose a non- refundable one-off charge of up to HK$38,000 on new students from next year in its struggle to make ends meet.
I am not one for political correctness. But we should stop labelling non-Chinese students born in Hong Kong as ethnic-minority students because it distorts our perceptions and warps the way we administer education policy and run local schools.
A while ago, I asked a permanent secretary for education why the government should phase out funding for ESF schools when both locals and expatriates attend them.