Parents will have a greater chance of enrolling their children in popular Hong Kong primary schools as more spots are available in the final stage of the admission process compared with last year, according to the latest statistics. Data released on Monday showed fewer students used the “siblings route” to secure spots in the initial…
Nearly 1,500 Hong Kong school pupils will be offered psychological counselling services on campus if they suffer from depression or anxiety under a new initiative to improve support networks by expanding the pool of counsellors. With support from annual fundraising drive Operation Santa Claus (OSC), local charity Mind HK will launch the Improving Access to…
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The English competency of Hong Kong’s Form Three students has dropped to its lowest level in nearly two decades, with education sector leaders attributing the fall to learning challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Proficiency in Chinese, English and maths among Primary Three pupils also fell to their worst levels in about 20 years. The…
A tutoring school in Hong Kong has offered an apology and suspended an instructor from teaching duties after a viral video that purportedly captured pupils being verbally disciplined in an aggressive manner sparked criticism online. The A-Kids Garden Education Centre in Tai Po told the Post on Friday the tutor had spoken loudly to “maintain…
A male teacher at the elite St Mary’s Canossian College in Hong Kong has been arrested after a hidden camera was discovered in a school toilet, the Post has learned. Sources said on Monday night that the teacher had admitted committing the crime and was arrested on the evening of October 7 at the Catholic…
China is outraged after officials in eastern China said that a case in which a boy stabbed his classmate more than 200 times with a sewing awl over three months “did not meet the standards of bullying”. According to the victim’s parents, their daughter was stabbed in her thigh by a male transfer student at…