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Education in Hong Kong
A look at the news and issues arising from kindergarten to secondary-level education around Hong Kong.
Students pay attention during an English lesson at a school in Tai Po in May 2013. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong society

Letters | Changes to Hong Kong’s NET scheme should not dilute its integrity

Readers discuss proposed alterations to the native English-speaking teacher scheme, and the undue focus on STEM subjects in gifted education.

Professional Education

How Hong Kong’s universities are helping graduates advance a career in education

Hong Kong

2 Hong Kong schools with scant Primary One enrolment eye privatisation, merger

Hong Kong society

Letters | Suicide in Hong Kong: don’t pit wellness measures against medical treatment

Readers discuss the approach to tackling youth suicide in the city, and the challenges and rewards of preparing for the Diploma of Secondary Education exam.

In treating depression, pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies should be seen as different pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, not as competitors. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong to scrap retention bonus for newly hired native English teachers

Decision is part of an Education Bureau review into the NETs recruitment scheme.

Crime in Hong Kong

63% of Hong Kong pupils face online sexual advances from adults: police survey

Police warn that teenagers who start using social media at a young age run a higher risk of being approached.

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Hong Kong youth

Footage of students fighting at elite Hong Kong boys’ school goes viral

One video shows youngster rushing over to punch classmate in the head and another clip features student on the floor getting kicked in the stomach.

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The videos were uploaded on March 4 and Sunday of this week, and became widely discussed on the Reddit-like site LIHKG. Photo: Handout
Good Schools Guide

Exercising more than the mind: building a healthier student body

Schools are addressing a previous over-reliance on academic scores by including measures of health in assessments of a student’s progress.

Hong Kong

Investigation launched into hacking of student’s records at elite Hong Kong school

Unauthorised individual accessed and modified Queen’s College violation records for student under different teachers’ names.

Banking & finance

Top Hong Kong women CEOs talk about the school that fuelled their success

HKEX’s Bonnie Chan, SFC’s Julia Leung and Hang Seng Bank’s Diana Cesar talk about the school that shaped their worldwiew and beliefs.

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From left: Diana Cesar, Julia Leung Fung-yee, and Bonnie Chan Yiting share their experience at symposium hosted by Maryknoll Convent School in Central on March 16, 2025. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong students hit by gastroenteritis on another mainland study trip

Several among group of 120 have fallen ill while on tour to Guangdong, as school becomes 10th to report similar health issues this month.

Po Leung Kuk Lo Kit Sing (1983) College has said that some students and teachers started vomiting and developing fevers on Friday evening. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong youth

Editorial | Hong Kong school trips should be easier on the stomach

Action needed to improve safety of meals after Hong Kong students and teachers on mainland China study tours come down with food poisoning.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong grant for hiring native English teachers to be based on median salaries

Post learns proposed grant system offers public schools alternative to city’s current allocation-based NET scheme for recruiting educators.

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Hong Kong society

Editorial | Homework needed to sort out Hong Kong’s Primary One

The number of pupils is expected to fall 23 per cent by 2031, posing a challenge for local schools that will require working together to mitigate the negative impact.

Primary school students line up in September 2023. File photo: Jelly Tse
Universities in Hong Kong

172% surge of dependant enrolments into Hong Kong universities in past 2 years

Influx of children of non-local professionals admitted by the eight public universities has prompted angry backlash from local parents.

Secretary for Education Christine Choi has said education authorities are considering finding extra undergraduate places for non-local applicants to avoid competition with Hong Kong students. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong

PolyU makes bold offer to pay for set-up cost of Hong Kong’s new medical school

Council chairman Lam Tai-fai says the institution can cover costs if needed, until the school moves into the Ngai Tam Mei campus.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong schools urged to avoid high-risk foods on study trips to mainland China

Education authorities make the call following another outbreak of gastroenteritis among primary school pupils on mainland exchange tour.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Time to take stock in Hong Kong’s talent programmes as they pass second year

While billions of dollars are added to the economy, there is a need to address concerns of those struggling to find work or to adapt to life in Hong Kong.

Chris Sun Yuk-Han, Hong Kong secretary for labour and welfare, is pursuing global talent to attract them to the city. File photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Another Hong Kong school trip to mainland hit by gastroenteritis outbreak

Centre for Health Protection says five students from S.K.H. St Michael’s Primary School in Fortress Hill had symptoms.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

6 more Hong Kong students ill with gastroenteritis on mainland China school trip

Tally rises to over 100 from similar cases in past few weeks, as six students report symptoms while visiting Xiamen on exchange tour.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek’s success lies in singular focus on innovation, AI scientist says

Hong Kong PolyU’s Yang Hongxia says China’s DeepSeek is purely engaged in AI model development.

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Smartphone displaying the Deepseek logo with the Chinese flag in the background. China and artificial intelligence are thriving on the global stage. 01.03.2025. İstanbul, Türkiye. Shutterstock Images
Professional Education

How Hong Kong’s top universities are shaping the future of legal education

These advanced courses, spanning arbitration, dispute resolution, Chinese business law and more, prepare students for success in a globalised legal landscape.

The Goddess sculpture at the Court of Final Appeal in Central, Hong Kong, in May 2017. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong children

Most Hong Kong parents unaware always calling child ‘stupid’ is abuse: survey

Chinese YMCA says survey results highlight critical gap in parental understanding ahead of new mandatory child abuse reporting laws.

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Old Hong Kong

Then & Now | How Hong Kong’s English-medium schools evolved from the late 19th century

Demographics have shifted over the past century, with ethnic Chinese now the overwhelming majority of the student population in these schools.

Hong Kong children

47% of Hong Kong families with SEN children face rude public reactions: poll

Expert calls for better understanding about special educational needs (SEN), as parents report stares, teasing and scolding.

The YWCA team and a parent (left to right): Nan Kurt, research officer; Bettina Ng, chief officer of youth and community service; and Ms Li, a 40-year-old housewife caring for two children with special educational needs. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong schools don’t have enough teachers trained in AI, sector veterans say

Government keen to get youngsters up to speed with artificial intelligence, but principals warn of class time that is ‘by no means sufficient’.

Some principals say that although AI and coding are already being taught in secondary and primary schools respectively, teachers lack the sufficient knowledge to achieve the government’s goals. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong youth

Opinion | Amid spate of youth suicides, Hong Kong must weave a safety net

A teacher’s attentiveness, a neighbour’s kindness, a policymaker’s resolve – we all have roles in intercepting despair before it turns fatal.

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Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong’s new degrees provide a path for more doctors

A new four-year pathway for graduates and the proposed third medical school are effective ways to help alleviate the city’s doctor shortage.

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