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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.
Data obtained by the Post from the University Grants Committee shows that 5,582 non-local, first-year students were admitted by the city’s eight universities in the 2024-25 academic year. Photo: Dickson Lee
Universities in Hong Kong

Are Hong Kong’s universities attracting enough students from outside mainland China?

Data shows nearly 75 per cent of Hong Kong’s non-local, first-year undergraduates at public universities are from mainland.

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Hong Kong society

Letters | In Hong Kong and beyond, educators must step up to prevent child abuse

Hong Kong

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology founder Woo Chia-wei dies at 87

Hong Kong

29 kindergartens close in Hong Kong, most since records began in 2013

Government figures also show 42 per cent increase in number of newly arrived pupils aged six to 18 enrolled in induction programme.

Twenty-nine kindergartens in Hong Kong closed down before the start of the current school year, the largest number of closures in more than a decade. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s 2 medical schools to launch new graduate-entry programmes

University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong will offer four-year programmes, with first intake consisting of 50 students in total.

Hong Kong budget 2025-26

Opinion | Why Hong Kong’s austere budget is hard for the public to swallow

With the bulk of cost-cutting aimed at the elderly, children, families and education, for the government to exempt itself is not a good look.

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Hong Kong budget 2025-26

Hong Kong lawmaker denies minister’s claim axing student subsidy was discussed

Lawmakers disapprove of decision to cut HK$2,500 grant, with sector’s legislator denying Paul Chan’s claim move was discussed earlier.

The annual HK$2,500 grant began in the 2019-20 school year and was made regular the following one to help parents cope with education expenses. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong budget 2025-26

Hong Kong’s 2 medical schools to get funding for 60 extra degree places

Extra intake will include 50 places for graduates pursuing a second degree.

Professional Education

Law schools are adapting curricula to handle new types of tech-linked cases

The courses also cover ethical implications of AI in law, and practical training to prepare graduates for roles as legal technologists and cybersecurity advisers.

Belt and Road Initiative

Letters | How Hong Kong’s education system can support Belt and Road Initiative ambitions

Readers discuss the languages offered under the Diploma of Secondary Education, and Hong Kong students’ career choices.

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee at a briefing by a representative of Aldar Properties in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on February 7, 2023. Photo: ISD/Xinhua
Universities in Hong Kong

Hong Kong parents dismayed after HK$2,500 student grant axed in budget

Government also aim to claw back HK$4 billion from reserves of the eight public universities.

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The student grant was given to parents regardless of their financial background. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society

Letters | Give Hong Kong’s students the space to showcase their spoken English

Readers discuss the English language school-based assessment, and the NET scheme.

Crime in Hong Kong

80% of deregistered teachers in Hong Kong involved in criminal offences

Teachers were involved in eight cases of inappropriate relationships with students last year compared with three in 2023.

Hong Kong youth

Over 20,000 Hong Kong school pupils at risk of dropping out, NGO warns

Youth Outreach also says about 60 per cent of students at risk of dropping out are under the age of 15.

An NGO has called on authorities to rethink a mechanism for detecting students at risk of dropping out. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Some traditional Chinese medicine lessons at proposed Hong Kong medical school

Students taking a proposed four-year programme at Baptist University will have some exposure to traditional Chinese medicine, head says.

(From left) Professor Lee Sum-ping (via Zoom), drug development expert Dr Robert Spiegel, Professor Manson Fok, Michael Houghton and Professor Alexander Wai. Photo: Edmond So
International schools in Hong Kong

How schools are preparing students to make the right financial decisions

Parents discussing their own moneymaking decisions can inspire children to make fiscally sound choices – and giving them pocket money can help

The University of Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong head hopes any budget funding cuts will be ‘moderate’

Ahead of government’s budget address on Wednesday, president Xiang Zhang says HK$41.5 billion in reserves has designated purposes.

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Hong Kong budget 2024-25

Opinion | Why Hong Kong must be careful about cutting university funding

Arbitrary funding cuts could hurt the city’s education hub ambition. What’s needed is a clear framework of what counts as excessive reserves.

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong on January 8, 2024. Given 87 per cent of public universities’ reserves did not come from government grants, judgments concerning reserves must be evaluated within their entirety. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong

PolyU head confident of securing approval to run Hong Kong’s third medical school

Teng Jin-Guang says PolyU already offers numerous medical-related programmes such as physiotherapy, radiography and nursing.

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Hong Kong society

Number of babies born in Hong Kong rises by 11% to 36,700 in 2024

Increase follows unveiling of government bonus scheme in 2023 that gives parents HK$20,000 for each newborn.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong institution uncovers 3 cases of fraudulent mainland applications

Tung Wah College says some applicants even asked others to take entrance exams, interviews on their behalf.

Tung Wah College. The institution reported a fivefold year-on-year increase in its intake of mainland students. Photo: Handout
International schools in Hong Kong

How parents and schools can work together to boost students’ development

Open communication and active engagement allow both sides to gain valuable insights into a child’s strengths and challenges

Parents and teachers can work together to help enhance a child’s progress in school. Photo: AIS
Crime in Hong Kong

16 youngsters caught with ‘space oil’ on grounds of Hong Kong schools last year

Narcotics commissioner vows to strengthen education efforts targeting students under city’s crackdown on emerging narcotic.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

University hospital in Hong Kong seeks more time to repay HK$4 billion loan

Earlier two-year extension for CUHK Medical Centre loan repayments ends next month.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong Baptist University, like CityU, can ‘afford’ 3 to 5% spending cut

President Alexander Wai also confident his institution can win bid for third medical school with advisers ‘not exposed to geopolitical risks’.

The Baptist University campus in Kowloon Tong. When asked what the university would do to accommodate budget cuts, its president said enrolling more non-local students or increasing their tuition fees were options. Photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong budget 2025-26

Hong Kong’s CityU can ‘bear 3 to 5% funding cut’, says head

Freddy Boey says university will avoid firing employees and focus on digitalisation effort to enhance efficiency.

CityU president Freddy Boey has said the university has embarked on a digitalisation programme. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Professional Education

Hong Kong’s MBA programmes are showing the way for tomorrow’s leaders

Universities are incorporating AI, ESG and soft skills into their curriculum to better prepare students for complex modern business environments.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong educators took out HK$8.7 billion from pensions in past academic year

Figure represents drop from peak of HK$10.7 billion in 2021-22, in sign that manpower crunch in sector is easing.

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