At least 31 students in Hong Kong have achieved top marks in the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, even after a global outcry from test-takers over concerns that the mathematics subject was too difficult. More than 2,600 Hong Kong students sat the IB exams, a near 20 per cent increase over the past five years, with…
The number of students taking the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme in Hong Kong has increased by nearly 20 per cent over the past five years, with more students and parents preferring its flexibility to the city’s traditional, exam-oriented university entrance system. More than 2,600 students taking the IB exam will learn their results on Sunday,…
The number of Hong Kong semi-private schools applying for a tuition fee increase has dropped by more than a quarter against a year ago, with the sector attributing the decline partially to the sluggish economy. A spokesman for the Education Bureau said on Friday that as of June it had received 40 applications from schools…
Hong Kong authorities have launched an investigation into an award-winning medication prescription app invented by a student that had already been in use by a clinic three years earlier, the Post has learned. The Digital Policy Office and Education Bureau said they were studying the mobile app that a student surnamed Poon, from St Paul’s…