Education in Hong Kong, China
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Overview
Hong Kong is located in southern Asia; it has a free, non-compulsory three-year kindergarten education followed by a legal requirement of a six-year primary education and three-year junior secondary education, then the non-compulsory two-year senior secondary education and a two-year matriculation course leading to the Advanced Level examinations. Its education budget is 23% of the national budget.
Pre-primary education
All kindergartens in Hong Kong are privately run. They can be categorized as either non-profit-making kindergartens or private independent kindergartens depending on their sponsoring organizations. These can be either voluntary agencies or private enterprises. All kindergartens are registered under the Education Ordinance. Inspectors from the Education and Manpower Bureau visit the kindergartens regularly to give advice to principals and teachers on curriculum, teaching approaches and school administration. Kindergartens vary a lot in their scale of operation, and the number of classroom can range from one to over ten. Regarding the provision of facilities, a large proportion of kindergartens can accommodate Reading Corner, Mathematics Corner, Nature Corner, Art and Craft Corner, Music Corner and Home Corner. All well equipped with the necessary teaching aids to provide a stimulating environment for self-learning
Educational focus
In the upcoming years, Hong Kong’s Education and Manpower Bureau strives to:
- Provide equitable access to nine years of free, universal primary and junior secondary education to all children, and as of the 2002-03 school year, to provide subsidized senior secondary education or training to all Secondary 3 students who are willing and able to continue studies
- Provide a balanced and diverse school education that meets the different need of our students and helps them build knowledge, values, and skills for further studies and personal growth
- Enhance students' bi-literate and trilingual abilities
- Enhance teaching quality and effectiveness in learning
- Improve the learning and teaching environment
- Help newly arrived children from the Mainland integrate into the local school system as soon as possible
- Enhance the quality, flexibility, and accountability of school administration
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