Two major mainland Chinese tutorial school operators are expanding their Hong Kong footprint, increasing the competition for local counterparts already facing challenges caused by a shrinking student population and a curriculum revamp, the Post has found. The moves by the firms come amid rising demand from mainland students to sit Hong Kong’s university entrance exams,…
The success rate of eligible candidates who sat for the exam to be admitted into Hong Kong’s publicly funded universities has fallen from 70 per cent in 2023 to 61 per cent, government statistics show, even as the scrapping of the liberal studies core subject allowed more students to meet minimum entrance requirements. According to…
Hong Kong’s security chief has accused a former examinations official of spreading rumours about the recent death of a secondary school student during a study tour in mainland China. Secretary for Security Chris Tang. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Social media page “Edu Lancet,” which describes itself as a platform for “voicing concerns” about the education…