EDUCATION IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997; as a result, its education system follows a British pattern. There is a three-year kindergarten education followed by six-year primary education, three-year junior secondary education, two-year senior secondary education and a two-year matriculation course leading to the Advanced Level examinations. There are tertiary institutions offering bachelor's degree, higher diploma and associate degree courses.
Since the 1970s, a policy of nine-year free and compulsory education has been launched in Hong Kong. It includes six years of primary education and first three years of secondary education.
Primary education in Hong Kong covers a wide curriculum. It basically includes Chinese, English, mathematics, social studies, science, health education, music, physical education, and art and craft. The teaching medium in most of the schools is Chinese with English as a second language. Junior secondary education is an all-rounded general education. Students will stream in either art, science or business study in secondary four. The teaching medium in individual secondary school bases on its own policy. Tertiary education is one of the core parts in education system in Hong Kong. The number of tertiary education graduates was proposed to be increased to 60% of the whole population in 2010. Therefore the numbers of degree programmes, associate degree programmes and higher diploma programmes will be increased in the coming years.
There is central allocation of places in junior secondary schools based on academic assessment in primary school. Since the Academic Aptitude Test was canceled in 2000, children's progress in Chinese, English, and mathematics is evaluated yearly with standardized Hong Kong Attainment Tests, while most of the students can enter the senior secondary school according to their internal school performance. After finishing secondary five, students will participate in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE). They will normally take part in three core subjects of English, Chinese, and mathematics. Upon completion of secondary seven, students will sit for the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE). The AS-Level Use of English and Chinese Language and Culture examinations are usually taken. The admission to the tertiary institutions will base on the result of HKALE under the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS).
Univercities
- Asia International Open University
- Asia-Pacific Institute of Business
- Asia Pacific Management Institute
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Asia-Pacific Institute of Business
- Graduate School
- Sports Science and Physical Education (SSPE)
- City University of Hong Kong
- Hang Seng School of Commerce
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Hong Kong Institute of Education
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
- Lingnan University
- Open University of Hong Kong
- University of Hong Kong
- The University of Hong Kong School of Public Health
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Graduate School
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