The Hong Kong government will review whether to allow more semi-private secondary schools to offer a non-local curriculum on a self-financing basis, the education minister has said. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin on Wednesday also dismissed a call to let non-locals attend public primary and secondary schools amid a local student population decline, explaining…
A university in Hong Kong that “opened its doors to Harvard students” has made an offer of admission to one and is handling several transfer applications after the Trump administration last month barred the US Ivy League school from enrolling international candidates, many of whom are from mainland China. At least two other local universities…
Hong Kong authorities have met with three universities competing to establish the city’s third medical school, with a minister co-chairing the task force pledging its assessments will be completed by the end of the year. Members of the government’s Task Group on New Medical School met with representatives from Baptist University, Polytechnic University and the…
Hong Kong authorities have met with three universities competing to establish the city’s third medical school, with a minister co-chairing the task force pledging its assessments will be completed by the end of the year. Members of the government’s Task Group on New Medical School met with representatives from Baptist University, Polytechnic University and the…
A top adviser to the Hong Kong government has criticised the worsening performance of local students and teachers despite an increase in resources in recent years, urging authorities to set key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the cost-effectiveness of such measures. But the city’s education minister argued that it was difficult to see the immediate…