Under the impact of the immigration wave and the decline of school-age students, the Education Bureau has released the results of "counting the head" of school as usual after the school starts this year, and the relevant results will be used to determine the number of classes approved by public sector schools for the 2022/23 school year to determine the teaching staff of each school. Preparation and appropriation.
After counting the number of students enrolled in September, compared with the total number of classes approved in April and May of this year for the 2022/23 school year, public sector primary schools have decreased by 14 classes of Primary One; while public sector secondary schools have decreased by 22 classes of Secondary One.
The Education Bureau will issue a letter at the end of September to notify relevant schools of the revised class structure and staffing.
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The Education Bureau stated that on September 15 this year, student information was collected through the electronic system, and it also went to individual schools to count on the spot to verify the actual number of students enrolled.
Considering that cross-border students are temporarily unable to attend classes in Hong Kong due to the epidemic, when counting the actual number of students in this school year, as long as they participate in the school's distance learning (such as online classes), they will also be counted as students.
The Education Bureau has completed the verification of the student information submitted by the schools, and issued a letter on September 28 to notify all schools that have to adjust the class structure and staff establishment for the 2022/23 school year after counting the actual number of students enrolled.
After counting the number of students enrolled in September, compared with the total number of classes for the 2022/23 school year approved in April/May of this year, public sector primary schools have decreased by 14 classes of Primary One; while public sector secondary schools have decreased by 22 classes of Secondary One.
Today, the Education Bureau, in accordance with the usual practice, sent a sample of staff to individual schools to "nod heads".
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The bureau stated that, in general, the number of approved classes of a school is affected by a number of factors, and the adjustment of the figures often reflects the overall changes in the population of school-age students and the mobility of the student population, including relocation, parental choice (including switching from public sector schools to DSS) or private/international schools), and the population of schoolchildren moving in or out of Hong Kong, etc.
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