Current location - Education and Training Encyclopedia - Educational Knowledge - A brief introduction to the classification and academic system of secondary schools in Hong Kong
A brief introduction to the classification and academic system of secondary schools in Hong Kong
Hong Kong education is highly compatible with international education, and has strong international advantages and study abroad advantages. Students studying in secondary schools in Hong Kong have certain advantages if they want to apply for foreign universities, such as famous universities in developed countries such as Europe and America, after graduating from high school. Many countries have different admission requirements for mainland students and Hong Kong students. Let's take a look at the classification and academic system of secondary schools in Hong Kong.

1, type

According to the classification of the Hong Kong Education Bureau, secondary schools in Hong Kong are divided into the following categories according to their working capital and educational institutions:

Public secondary schools

Subsidized school

Subsidized secondary schools (Note: EMB uses "subsidization" instead of "secondary schools").

Direct Subsidy Scheme Secondary Schools (referred to as "DSS Secondary Schools")

Middle school per head

Private secondary schools (which can be further divided into day schools and night schools)

"Private independent schools plan schools"

Government secondary schools are run by the Hong Kong government, and the rest are social organizations or private schools.

At present, all night middle schools in Hong Kong are private and belong to the sixth category.

Schools run under the private independent school plan will not receive regular government subsidies, but they can obtain land at a nominal premium and provide one-off project equipment subsidies, with the aim of promoting the development of high-quality private schools. The condition is that at least 70% of the students in the school are permanent residents of Hong Kong, offer complete local courses, and are non-profit-making private schools.

2. Academic system

In the past, secondary schools in Hong Kong have always adopted the British academic system, with students studying in secondary schools for five years. There is no formal distinction between junior high school and senior high school (but in the syllabus, it is still divided into two stages: Form 1 to Form 3, Form 4 to Form 5).

By the 1970' s, preparatory education began to spread, and many schools began to offer preparatory courses: Chinese middle schools offered one-year sixth form courses as a prerequisite for entering the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Middle schools in Britain offer a two-year sixth-grade course called. The sixth day? (6) What else? Senior six? (6), was promoted to the pre-course of the University of Hong Kong, and later changed its name? Sixth grade? And then what? Secondary seven? .

/kloc-in the 1980s, the academic system of the Chinese University of Hong Kong was changed from four years to three years, and all preparatory courses were unified into two years. 1990 Later, due to the expansion of university degrees, the government wanted to increase preparatory degrees, so the first preparatory middle school was opened first.

Later, in the mid-2000' s, in response to the latest education reform, the government encouraged the existing low-enrollment middle schools to be transformed into high schools, so as to provide students with high school degrees and prepare for the future. Three, three, four academic systems? The development of. "Three-three-four academic system" refers to three years of junior high school, three years of senior high school and four years of college.

3. Course type

Secondary education in Hong Kong used to be divided into grammar schools, technical schools and prevocational schools, but the latter two have been gradually abolished.