Preschool education: through private kindergartens and kindergartens, preschool children are provided with opportunities to learn and get along with groups.
Nine-year free education: set up government or subsidized primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong to provide six-year primary school and three-year junior high school education for school-age children in Hong Kong.
Senior high school and preparatory course: set up two-year senior high schools (Secondary Four and Secondary Five) to provide students with the most basic education before work; Set up two-year preparatory courses (Form 6 and Form 7) as the course preparation for students before entering the university.
Post-secondary courses: provide various forms of post-secondary courses, including technical colleges, private colleges and subsidized university education.
preschool education
Preschool education in Hong Kong can be roughly divided into kindergartens and kindergartens, both of which are private. Operators include kindergarten groups and large groups operating in commercial form, as well as kindergartens run by non-profit organizations. The latter is usually organized by churches or social service organizations.
Kindergartens in Hongkong are different from those in Chinese mainland. Kindergartens and kindergartens in Hong Kong serve different people: kindergartens serve children who are not suitable for kindergarten and provide childcare services for parents; Kindergarten, on the other hand, serves children aged 3-6, so that they can learn to get along in groups and receive the most basic education in the school environment. Kindergartens are managed by the Education and Manpower Bureau, while kindergartens are managed by the Social Welfare Department. But now many kindergartens run the same business as kindergartens, so that children can receive kindergarten education at the age of 0-6.
Nine-year free education
Primary education (primary one to primary six)
197 1 Implement six-year free primary education.
At present, primary education in Hong Kong is divided into two learning stages:
The first learning stage (key stage 1, KS 1): from small to small;
The second learning stage (KS2): from Primary Four to Primary Six;
At the end of each learning stage, students are required to take part in a territory-wide systematic assessment organized by the Education and Manpower Bureau to assess all students in Hong Kong and understand their differences in ability.
Junior high school education (Form 1 to Form 3)
Senior High School Curriculum (Secondary Four and Secondary Five)
After nine years of free education, students need to be graded according to their school examination results to decide whether they can go to senior high schools (Form 4 and Form 5). Secondary four and five courses in Hong Kong are generally divided into three categories: arts, science and business. Individual schools may be different, depending on the decision of the school. However, all subjects are subject to the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority. Every senior high school student needs to take at least six courses to qualify for HKCEE.
After completing Secondary Four and Secondary Five courses, all students are required to take the HKCEE to decide whether they can enter the preparatory courses (Secondary Six and Secondary Seven). The test scores are calculated on the basis of the six subjects with the best scores, with a full score of 30 points. Candidates who get 65,438+04 or above are more likely to enter the preparatory course. According to the information of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, the number of applicants for the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination in 2004 was 65,438+065,438+08 and 265,438+03, of which only 37,965,438+065,438+0 was eligible for Secondary Six, but there were only about 22,000 places in government-aided secondary schools. Together with private and DSS secondary schools, the number of places is still insufficient. Every year on the release day, students will look for degrees everywhere.
In addition, the results of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) are also widely accepted. If the candidate gets E-level, it is regarded as the minimum qualification that a middle school graduate must have when applying for a job. In most subjects in HKCEE, if they get Grade C or above, they will be regarded as equivalent to GCE 'O' grade who passed the overseas examination of British General Education Certificate.
Preparatory courses (Secondary Six and Seven)
Students who pass HKCEE and successfully enter the preparatory course will immediately start preparing for another public exam. The preparatory courses in Hong Kong are based on the contents of the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority. Like high school courses, students are generally divided according to liberal arts and business subjects. Students can choose to study AL (Advanced Level) or AS (Advanced Supplementary Level) according to their respective levels. To obtain a bachelor's degree in colleges and universities, preparatory students need to study at leASt four courses, such as "China Language and Culture" and "Applied English", and two courses with AL level (two courses with AS level are regarded as equivalent to one course with AL level).
After completing Form VI and Form VII, all students must take the "A-level" exam to decide whether they can enter the bachelor's degree program in higher education institutions. The minimum requirement for entering a higher school is five subjects with E grade or above, three of which are AL grade, so as to reach the minimum education level and have a greater chance to enter the bachelor's degree courses in colleges and universities. According to the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, the number of applicants for the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination in 2004 was 36,004, of which only 65,438+08,65,438+065,438+03 were eligible for bachelor's degrees in higher education institutions. Although the competition for admission to higher education institutions is fierce, all the eight higher education institutions in Hong Kong have adopted the "Joint College Enrollment Method" (JUPAS) to uniformly enroll students. Therefore, unlike HKCEE's results release, there will be no degree search on the "A-Level" release day every year. Pre-school students need to wait one month for the "JUPAS" release list to know the admission result.
In addition, the results of the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination are widely accepted. If the candidate obtains E-level, whether it is AL or AS level, it will be regarded as equivalent to passing GCE‘A' A' level of overseas examination of British General Education Certificate.
High school education reform
At present, the government is planning to condense the four-year curriculum of Secondary Four to Secondary Seven into a three-year senior high school curriculum, which is in line with the mainstream of the world. Among them, the deeper part of the current preparatory course will be deleted from the course. In addition, Chinese, English, mathematics and general education in China will become compulsory subjects. In order to meet the future demand for general education teachers, the government is planning to provide on-the-job training for these teachers so that they can serve as tutors in related disciplines in the future.
However, the academic circles are generally worried that the new curriculum is no longer in line with GCE in the UK, and there is no universal standard for matriculation diplomas in the world, which will lead to acceptability problems for students when they go abroad for further study in the future.