Under the tide of immigration from Hong Kong, there are many young people and students leaving Hong Kong. According to the Education Bureau's "Statistical Report on the Number of Students in the 2021/22 School Year", among the same group of students, the number of primary and secondary school students in September last year decreased by more than 25,000 compared with October of the previous year. , the churn rate reached 3.64%.
The loss of students is serious, and the "musical chair effect" caused by batches of dropouts is even more severe. Many primary and secondary schools that are hard to find in prestigious schools and direct-funded schools are open to enrolling transfer students throughout the year, including Yinghua College, which had a DSE champion last year. There are also Peizheng Primary School, St. Paul's College Primary School, and St. Francis' English Primary School. Their school nets all show that applications for transfer students are still open.
Several prestigious schools recruited transfer students from May to July this year, including Nvpu Primary School
The government recently released the latest "Estimated Number of Hong Kong Residents", showing that 14,700 people applied for the "No Criminal Record Certificate" commonly known as "Good Citizenship Certificate" for immigration purposes last year, a sharp increase of 40% compared with 2020 and a 22-year high. .
Checking the websites of many prestigious schools and DSS primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong, most of the schools are recruiting Secondary 2 to Secondary 5 or Primary 2 to Primary 5 transfer students, including Diocesan Girls' Primary School, Minsheng College Primary School, St. Joseph's Primary School, St. Paul's Co-educational College, Diocesan Girls' College and Hong Kong True Light College, etc. Most of these schools recruited students from May to July, and the admission process has been completed.
Anglo-Chinese College's first DSE first born last year, Secondary 2 to Secondary 5 transfer students can still apply
However, some schools that used to be "competing for the top" and "hard to find" are still open to enrolling transfer students as of August, and some schools have even stated that they will enroll students throughout the year.
Among them, the website of Ying Wah College, which was the first winner last year, shows that applications are still open for transfer students from Secondary 2 to Secondary 5; the website of Tseung Kwan O DSS Secondary School Kai Si Secondary School also shows that students are welcome to transfer to special schools at the beginning of the new school year and in the middle of the school year. Application for transfer, admission to Secondary 2 to Secondary 5.
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St. Paul's Primary School is recruiting transfer students, St. Francis' English Primary School and other students are recruiting Primary 2 to Primary 5 students throughout the year
Many well-known primary schools are also open for applications. The Hong Kong Pui Ching Primary School website shows that although the admission applications and interviews for Primary 2 to Primary 5 in 2022-23 have been completed, if parents are still interested in applying for admission to the school for their children, they can still apply for admission to the school in person. Or submit application documents by email; St. Paul's College Primary School Network is also said to be accepting applications for admission from transfer students; In primary schools, applications for transfer students from Primary 2 to Primary 5 are open throughout the year.
A survey of kindergartens in the cold winter shows that each school loses an average of 16 half-day students
The situation in kindergartens is even worse. According to a survey conducted by the Federation of Education in May this year, among the 235 kindergartens surveyed, each school lost an average of 16 half-day students, 9 full-day students and 19 pre-school students, accounting for 13% of the total school population. to 27%.
According to the survey, more than 70% of kindergartens said they had financial difficulties, 10% of kindergartens said they might close next year or the year after, and at least 20 kindergartens said they would close in September this year.
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