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It’s also “worship and joy?!” This year’s Secondary One placement results were announced yesterday. Among the 50,508 primary six students in this year, 91% of the students were allocated the first three choices, and 80% were assigned the first choice. However, since the number of “knock-knocking” places in each class has been halved to one this year, it is more difficult for students to “knock-knock” to enroll in the middle school of their choice. However, some primary school principals pointed out that there are currently more places in secondary schools than there are students, and urged parents not to worry too much. Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao was asked yesterday about the waves of school dropouts and immigration in recent years, saying that he believes that the “worst case” has passed, and the authorities are thinking about ways to encourage citizens to have children. Only scholars believe that it will take time to wait and see whether the peak of immigration will pass, and point out that many countries provide housing and other incentives to encourage childbearing, but frankly admit that many people choose not to marry, which makes it more difficult to encourage childbearing.
Photography: Lin Junyuan
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The 2023 Secondary One Allocation Results were announced yesterday. This year, a total of 50,508 students participated in the Secondary One Allocation. Among them, 91% of the students were allocated the first three choices, and 80% were allocated the first choice. Among the students who received discretionary places, 68% were assigned to their first choice school; among the students who were assigned places through the Central Allocation stage, 85% were assigned to their first three schools of choice, and 66% were assigned to their first choice School.
At Yau Ma Tei Catholic Primary School, many parents and students returned to the school to receive the results of the allocation. Some parents and students who were allocated their first choice cried with joy, describing it as a “dream come true”; He looked gloomy in his seat, while other students comforted him. All students must go to the assigned middle school to register on Thursday or Friday (13th or 14th), otherwise they will be deemed to have given up the assigned place.
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In recent years, school-age school children have declined. The Education Bureau issued a notice to schools earlier, stating that starting from the new school year, the number of “door-knocking” places in each class will be reduced from two to one, that is, each class can only use one “repeater place” , to admit “knock-knock students” who are not repeat students. The new arrangement will be tried out for 3 years. Chen Shuyi, the principal of Yau Ma Tei Catholic Primary School (Hai Wang Road), pointed out that DSS schools and international schools are facing a serious loss of students, and some students may transfer to international schools, DSS schools or private schools. She believes that although the number of knocking places in secondary schools has decreased, the opportunities for current students to transfer to the schools of their choice are still greater than those in previous years when there were more students. However, it is unreasonable to reduce the number of knock-on places, because it directly reduces the chances of students getting into the school of their choice.
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Li Jiachao: It seems that the worst is over
Earlier figures from the Education Bureau showed that Hong Kong lost more than 20,000 primary and secondary school students in the past year, making people concerned that the dropout wave in Hong Kong has not yet peaked. Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao was asked yesterday before the guild whether it was related to immigration and what the government’s response measures were, saying that the decrease in school-age school children’s enrollment is a structural problem. He admitted that some of them might consider leaving Hong Kong, but at the same time, some people entered Hong Kong. In different population policies, I have also seen that a considerable number of people are currently immigrating into Hong Kong.” He pointed out that Hong Kong often experiences in and out situations, “but it seems that the worst is over”; , and the numbers are not as large as they used to be.
Li Jiachao also pointed out that Hong Kong’s birth rate is relatively low compared to other cities in the world. He is thinking about how the government can encourage citizens to have children. In the face of school dropouts, he said that according to the actual situation, school resources will be appropriately used through merging and relocation, and the Education Bureau will also maintain contact with the industry.
Scholars: Attracting talents should focus on quality
Zhuang Tailiang, executive director of the Lau Chor-dek Institute of Global Economics and Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said that many economic and social activities require a certain population size. If there are not enough schoolchildren, the government may reduce the number of schools. He bluntly stated that it is difficult for the government to encourage Hong Kong people to have children. He suggested that the authorities should start to introduce more immigrants to Hong Kong and provide education to their children to deal with the wave of dropouts. He also believes that the number of tourists and labor force has begun to pick up recently. In the past, the number of people entering and leaving the airport was mostly “net outflow”. However, Ye Zhaohui, a professor of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration of the University of Hong Kong who studies population policy, said that there are still students dropping out of school, and the number of people leaving the country every day is still higher than the number of people entering the country from time to time. He also pointed out that this immigration wave is mainly composed of young people and families with children, and it is difficult to predict the chance of return, and it is difficult to compare with previous immigration waves.
He pointed out that many countries provide housing and other incentives to encourage childbearing, but now many people choose not to marry, which makes it more difficult to encourage childbearing. Whether citizens have children will consider different factors, such as job security, living quality, and social environment. Uncertain factors will directly affect the desire to marry and have children.” He also pointed out that the authorities really need to attract talents to come to Hong Kong, but they need both quantity and quality. “Although the government has successfully introduced talents, will it only focus on In a certain way? Will foreign workers completely replace all those who left Hong Kong?”
2023-07-11 20:31:59
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