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Hong Kong institutions have been warned that they must continue to meet the requirement of 70 per cent of pupils being non-local despite widespread departures in recent years and a rise in arrivals.

As many as 19 Hong Kong education institutions are interested in joining an ambitious mega development, the Northern Metropolis, on land close to the border with mainland China.

Airport Authority and Hong Kong Metropolitan University team up to tackle shortage of flight crews by offering flying licence as part of bachelor’s degree in aviation services management.

  • Education Bureau told the Post it instructed Rightmind Kindergarten to return the funds, after school said it would shut in July over lack of suitable investors
  • Kindergarten operator had invited parents to contribute HK$23,000 per child into a ‘Capital Contribution Scheme’ meant to ‘update, maintain and improve’ the campus

International Baccalaureate says an investigation has found ‘students have engaged’ in ‘time-zone cheating’ activities but it did not disclose the number of pupils involved.

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The Ivy League institution said it would “forego the universitywide ceremony that is scheduled for May 15” and hold a series of smaller events instead.

Readers discuss the pass-fail grading system for the citizenship and social development DSE exam, and teachers’ approach in the classroom amid concerns about student mental health.

Small number of pupils have engaged in ‘time zone cheating’ and practice not widespread, IB says, although Post finds papers downloaded over 45,000 times.

Child marriages have become more common in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, accounting for 15.2 per cent of all child marriages in the country.

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Nicole Leung was ready to become a waitress when benefactors saw her potential and sent her to play basketball in the US college system. There she befriended fellow Hong Kong hoops star Yannie Chan.

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In a bid to boost their social mobility, 2,800 Form One to Three students, mostly living in subdivided flats, were enrolled in first round of the programme.

Hong Kong is hosting Germany-based Christian charity GBA Ships’ floating library. With over 2,000 books, it aims to promote literacy and ‘empower people with knowledge’.

From teaching with robots to sharing resources between SEN schools, advancements are being made towards a more inclusive educational system

The predawn police crackdown at UCLA marked the latest flashpoint for mounting tensions on US college campuses, where protests over Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.

A South Korean university is launching a new associate degree programme exclusively for international students as it battles labour and population issues, with some also faced by China.

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Decision whether to take part in demonstrations fraught with concerns as ‘it is already precarious to be Chinese in the US in these times’, says one.

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Chief Secretary Eric Chan says authorities and schools can use film culture, mega sports events and exchanges such as visits to aerospace facilities to carry out national education.

Legislator Tik Chi-yuen says he will file a complaint with ombudsman if bureau does not allow Rosaryhill Secondary School to operate for two more years.

Minister Christine Choi dismisses suggestion parents did not want to send children to local schools because of the increasing emphasis on national education.

Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department broke records on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music – and the tortured poetess herself referenced Emily Dickinson during a 2022 award acceptance speech