China’s national exam’s growth mirrors rise of education
A record number of national college entrance exam participants will boost the country's intellectual talent pool this year, the Ministry finds.
Education
Minister turns to AI classes to cool competition in education
Education Minister Lee Ju-ho said replacing paper-based textbooks with digital devices and AI-powered learning systems, is aimed at solving educational inequality and reducing the…
Man to sit gaokao for 27th time to realise his dream
His repeated tries have earned him a reputation in gaokao and are met with mixed responses.
‘We might be seen as spies’: US-China academic tie-ups slow amid mutual suspicion
Once quite commonplace, such academic exchanges have become rare.
Hong Kong government job program set to benefit more undergrads
Students in the new academic year or those currently in their third year of undergraduate studies will be eligible under the new scheme.
Record number of students to take ‘gaokao’ this year
The exam, which takes place from June 7 to 8 this year, is one of the most important ones for Chinese students as the scores will largely determine which university they can…
84% of kindergartens report sharp drop in enrollment due to declining birth rate
Nearly 90% of the schools surveyed in Hong Kong said that they were in financial difficulties, and more than 75.6% had laid off staff as a result.
Spare the child
The role of parents in pushing their children to the brink cannot be underestimated; often it is found that they find it necessary to inflict private tuitions on children already…
Record number of Hong Kong students to study in mainland China
China offers from HK$5,900 to HK$19,400 per academic year to Hong Kong students pursuing bachelor's degrees on the mainland.
The problem is not with coaching centres or ChatGPT
Identifying private tutoring, coaching centres and guidebooks as the source of education quality problems leads to treating the symptoms without looking at the root of the disease.