The current education system in Hong Kong is suffering a strong impact due to the big wave of emigration, which has led to a sharp decrease in the population of school-aged children.
On July 21, the Hong Kong Secondary School Council and the 18 District Secondary School Principals Association jointly wrote a letter to the Secretary for Education, Choi Yuk-lin, saying that the current “education situation is dire” and worrying that the decline in the number of school children might bring great turmoil to the education sector.
They believe that the government should take practical action without delay.
HK Children in UK Increasing
According to a survey of School Placement for Children from Outside the UK, recently released by the British government for the 2021-22 school year, there were 10,500 school applications from Hong Kong. Some 9,700 children have been successfully placed, of which 6,800 were primary school placements, and the other 2,900 were secondary school placements. This proportion of applications reflects the general decline of school children in Hong Kong….