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A look at the news and issues arising from kindergarten to secondary-level education around Hong Kong.
Airport Authority and Hong Kong Metropolitan University team up to tackle shortage of flight crews by offering flying licence as part of bachelor’s degree in aviation services management.
Push by Hong Kong universities to attract fresh talent is helping city achieve its goal of becoming a regional education centre.
Disciplinary actions important for improving school environment, but work also must be done to reverse the education brain drain.
The city’s status as a regional education hub can only be reinforced by its latest private institution as it seeks to address a skills shortage.
- Playing sports has great health benefits, including ensuring healthy development in young people, enhancing thinking and learning skills, and reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety
- Teachers and coaches must create engaging student-centred programmes that get children excited, says Todd Parham, director of activities and athletics at Hong Kong International School
Technological and Higher Education Institute under Vocational Training Council is among four institutions to make known intention of becoming university of applied sciences.
Audit Commission says there has been a ‘lack of enthusiasm’ among schools for applying for academy membership for pupils.
HKU plans to offer joint programmes with overseas institutions and take in more non-local students at hub, the Post learns.
Patriotic education will help Hongkongers understand nation’s history, culture, achievements and governance, says Starry Lee.
Arrangement will allow for ‘more effective management’ of exam material, lowers risk of copyright infringement, spokesman says.
Authorities published new teaching materials for use in primary and secondary school English classes in run up to National Security Education Day earlier this week.
The Post discovers Sichuan-based Xiaohongshu user posted exam booklets of this year’s mathematics as well as citizenship and social development tests.
In Hong Kong, moving children from local school to an international setting, particularly for secondary school, is a popular choice, and for good reason – but parents must tread carefully, with the change bound to be keenly felt
Education Bureau says one academic institution wants to set up international branch to offer self-financed joint programmes with top overseas university partners.
Woman surnamed Lau, 23, arrested on suspicion of violating Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority Ordinance, police say.
Reports claim user on mainland China’s Xiaohongshu platform allegedly uploaded question and answer book of this year’s English-language listening test.
New subject curriculum replaces controversial liberal studies and focuses on national security as well as China’s development.
Readers discuss English standards, the limits of telemedicine, police dedication, and what’s on the walls in public libraries.
Increase, which must be approved by Education Bureau, is aimed at supporting hiring and retention of staff, English Schools Foundation says.
Initiative comes after government says it will stop paying exam fees for candidates in 2025 due to budget deficit.
Two school council heads say student withdrawals have been ‘dying down’, with only a handful leaving in the past 1½ years.
Use of new i-Invigilation app suspended after it crashed twice in two days during Diploma of Secondary Education exams due to ‘server jam’.
Christine Choi says ‘everyone can learn a lesson’ after University of Hong Kong council clears vice-chancellor Xiang Zhang of misconduct allegations.
Authorities also reveal in letter to lawmakers that 32 students committed suicide last year.
Attrition rate for NETs fell to 9 per cent in primary schools and 7 per cent in secondary institutions, the lowest since data became available in 2013-14.
Schools that understand the symbiotic relationship between traditional academic subjects and the soft skills young people need for success in the real world are best positioned to prepare students for the future
According to latest projections released by Education Bureau, number of six-year-olds expected to start Primary One will decline from 49,600 this year to 31,500 in 2029.
Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Airport Authority’s international aviation academy to launch course offering commercial pilot licence from September.
Readers discuss how English teachers are assessed in the city, a wonderful Ramadan experience, and interest rate concerns
More than 50 per cent of subjects offered moved up the rankings in a newly published global league by a Britain-based education information firm.
