The performance of private candidates sitting Hong Kong’s university entrance exams will not affect the chances of pupils achieving top scores, authorities have said, after the Post found significant improvements in non-school takers’ grades over the past two years. The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority’s remarks on Tuesday were accompanied by comprehensive data on…
Hong Kong should immediately introduce a residency period for subsidised university degree places instead of gradually implementing it over two years, to prevent the dependants of non-local talent from exploiting the transition, a concern group has said. The call was issued in a petition from the Hong Kong Local Students Rights Concern Group, but was…
The performance of local students in Hong Kong’s university entrance exams has not been affected by an influx of private candidates, authorities have said, even though the number of mainland Chinese participants has grown substantially and includes some whose eligibility has been questioned. The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority’s defence coincides with calls from…
Hong Kong education authorities are taking law enforcement action against a Shenzhen-based tutorial centre that planned to recruit students for its university entrance exam programmes at a local private secondary school without registering. The Education Bureau said on Thursday that it had not received an application from the tutorial centre Capture Star to operate a…
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…
The number of children of non-local professionals enrolled into public universities almost trebled over the last two years, prompting education authorities to consider finding extra undergraduate places for them to avoid competition with Hong Kong students. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said on Wednesday that the results of a review into the definition of…