Education
Boy wonder leaps ahead
Fourteen-year-old boy wonder Eric Lin Cheuk-yin is shrugging off a rejection by Cambridge University and is preparing for more exams to realize his dream of becoming a maths professor.
School accused of misleading students for $10,000 fees
Lime Education, which runs an English learning program subsidized by the government's Continuing Education Fund, has been accused of asking students to borrow from a loan company without offering the appropriate education to help them pass the sta...
11 schools closed due to swine flu
It has been announced that 11 of the territory's schools will be closed for a week following new outbreaks of human swine flu. The 11 schools advised to close for a week include eight primary schools and three secondary schools.
Liberal studies school network to start
The Liberal Studies School Network Scheme will be launched this school year, in which teachers with experience in teaching and public assessment of subjects relating to Liberal Studies will be hired as district co-ordinators.
Mentally retarded student loses case
The High Court has dismissed a judicial review brought by a mentally retarded student against what his lawyer described as a discriminatory education policy.
Parents' support essential to drug testing
The voluntary drug test trial scheme will not create too much extra work for teachers, Acting Secretary for Education Kenneth Chen says. He urges parents to encourage their children to participate in the scheme.
School drug tests on despite growing row
The government will press on with a program of drug tests for students despite signs of growing opposition and worries about privacy laws being breached.
Drug tests negative
Students can refuse to be tested for drugs if they are among youngsters picked out at random when a program begins at nearly two dozen Tai Po secondary schools in December.
True aces in the pack
Among the ranks of students who could rejoice as they checked their exam results yesterday were a couple of brave youngsters who put a special gloss on the meaning of high achievement.
Disabled student goes to court over `age limit bias'
An 18-year-old mentally challenged student has asked the High Court to quash an Education Bureau decision to exclude him from enrolling for the next school year because of an age limit he considers discriminatory.
Testing times
Tens of thousands of local students, after spending an agonizing night, will today battle the wind and rain to find out their exams results and immediate future - but only if the weather improves.
69% of students pass S6 requirements
Sixty-nine per cent of Certificate of Education Examination takers - 58,270 candidates - met the minimum requirements for Secondary Six admission this year, a 6% rise on last year.
Proud rehab student counting on a career -
A graduate of Christian Zheng Sheng College, a drug rehabilitation school, has won a place at Lingnan University - but still fears his past might catch up with him.
First school reopens after flu closure
Students have returned to classes at the Australian International School - the first to reopen in Hong Kong after being closed due to the swine flu outbreak.
New school year to start as scheduled
All kindergartens, kindergarten and child care centres, special schools, primary and secondary schools -including private independent schools, international and English Schools Foundation schools - will start the new school year as scheduled.
Missing papers bring students `mental torture'
A mailing mishap almost scuppered the university plans of 28 students at King George V School in Ho Man Tin.
Health chief favours reopening schools
The Health Secretary, York Chow, says he believes schools closed by the swine flu outbreak should reopen after the summer break because most cases of the disease are fairly mild.
Schools group seeks clues to young addicts
One of Hong Kong's leading education providers has gone on the offensive in an attempt to prevent its 26,000 students from falling prey to drugs.
School crunch
A Tuen Mun secondary school is offering a host of freebies - from textbooks to netbooks - in a bid to boost student enrolment as it struggles to avoid being shut down.
A-level aces face tough battle for university places
Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination results improved this year with the pass rate for English subjects up 2.1 percent to 76 percent and Chinese passes up 1.9 percent to 94.7 percent.