Education Bureau says 54 semi-private schools under government’s direct subsidy scheme have applied to increase fees for 2024-25 academic year, up from previous 49.
According to annual census by Independent Schools Council, 7,677 students from city now studying in British private schools, down from record of 8,011 last year, but Labour Party win in January could see tuition fees raised.
Lawmakers and Equal Opportunities Commission discuss tougher action to deal with ‘culture’ of harassment, while the latter calls for student organisers to undergo anti-harassment training.
University vice-president says emigration wave and retirements have caused share of scholars from Hong Kong to drop, with mainland Chinese readily filling vacancies.
Having just 13 per cent of pupils taking DSE exam in subject is ‘far from ideal’, says Ho Hon-kuen of the Centre of National History Education (Hong Kong).
Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity says IT staff on May 13 discovered access had been blocked to eight terabytes of data.
According to official data, 6,831 students joined Hong Kong’s primary and secondary schools from October 2022 to September 2023, coinciding with border reopening.
Authorities singled out handful of institutions including Caritas Resurrection School in Sha Tin and Po Leung Kuk Law’s Foundation School in Yuen Long.
School vice-principal says girl who allegedly attacked her classmate with 30cm-long knife seldom spoke, was extremely quiet.
Secondary school teacher was visiting massage parlour in his free time when police conducted a surprise operation there, according to Facebook post.
Principal of CUHKFAA Thomas Cheung Secondary School in New Territories says teacher reported online information about delayed return ‘not accurate’.
Education Bureau refuses to address allegations, but says teacher and school taking part in trip last week must submit report.
Scholarships being offered by education foundation set up by late uncle of former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa.
Xia Baolong meets Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin and representatives of 22 tertiary education bodies during their trip to Beijing.
Little Frog Learning Centre cites ‘internal issues’ as reason for class suspensions and apologises to parents.
Hack comes as authority trying to contain cheating scandal that has outraged students, including some in Hong Kong.
Kindergarten operator had invited parents to contribute HK$23,000 per child into a ‘Capital Contribution Scheme’ meant to ‘update, maintain and improve’ the campus.
International Baccalaureate Organization launches inquiry after exams already taken in some time zones, including Hong Kong, appeared online.
International Baccalaureate says an investigation has found ‘students have engaged’ in ‘time-zone cheating’ activities but it did not disclose the number of pupils involved.
Kindergartens are struggling with rising rents which take a minimum of half their tuition fee income, an industry leader says.
Rocky Tuan has undergone surgery in Kuala Lumpur after fall, university says.