Immigration wave | Public secondary schools lose 820 students in November after the bleeding has not stopped

Affected by the immigration wave, public primary and secondary schools continue to drop out of school.

The Education Bureau recently announced the vacancy situation of public primary and secondary schools in November. Compared with the changes in the places of the same group of students in October, in just one month, the secondary schools lost more than 820 students; the primary schools increased by about 150 people instead.

If divided by region, the Kowloon City District has lost the most students in primary and secondary schools, with a total of about 230 students.

Most of the students lost from the public school system were immigrants or transferred to direct-funded/private schools. In November, there were a total of 45,363 vacancies in secondary schools and 17,735 in primary schools, a total of 63,098, a slight increase of 1% on a monthly basis.

As the immigration wave continues, many schools have dropped out.

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According to the latest public sector school vacancies announced by the Education Bureau, the number of public sector vacancies from November 1 to 6 of this school year increased by 824 compared to October. In other words, 824 students were lost within one month, and the number of vacancies increased by nearly 2 month-on-month. % To 45,363.

Divided by region, Kowloon City District lost the most students, reaching 118, followed by Sha Tin District and Tuen Mun, with 103 and 65 students leaving the public sector school system respectively.

There are many English and Chinese in the three districts. Among them, there are 12 in Kowloon City District, the most in Hong Kong, while Sha Tin and Tuen Mun have 6 and 8 respectively.

Sha Tin District has improved primary school vacancies and reduced 671 vacancies

As for elementary schools, after reducing the number of public vacancies for Primary One to Primary Six in October and November, there was a net decrease of 152 places to about 17,735 places.

Among the 18 districts, two districts recorded reductions in public vacancies. Based on the difference in student flow, Sha Tin District increased by 671 people to study in the district; followed by Yau Tsim Mong District, with 83 people.

In the remaining 16 districts, a total of 906 primary school students were lost. The district that recorded the most student loss was Kowloon City, with 113 students; followed by Sai Kung and Tuen Mun, with 78 and 68 students respectively.

Three months before and after the summer vacation, public primary and secondary schools lost 5,500 students in the new school year. Sha Tin District, the most direct-subsidized high school, S1 registration | Diocesan Boys’ School accepts 1,500 copies of Anglo-Chinese College, about 31 people compete for one place, high school graduates drop 37% in 10 years Education The bureau expects the downward trend to continue, calls for coordinating courses between self-financing institutions