Another school accused of partnering with mainland tutorial centre for DSE programmes
發佈日期: 2025-08-11 22:05
TVB News
Several Hong Kong schools have been accused of jointly running programmes with mainland tutorial agencies.
The move allegedly sidesteps recent government policies that require a minimum stay of two years in the city for children of non-local talents to be eligible for subsidised tertiary education places.
After private secondary school Tsung Tsin Middle School has its operations suspended by the Education Bureau, the latest institution being embroiled in the controversy is Caritas St. Joseph Secondary School in Tsing Yi.
In June, mainland tutorial agency New Oriental wrote on its WeChat account that it is partnering with the Hong Kong government-subsidised school to roll out a two-year boarding programme, offering curricula under the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, or HKDSE.
It recruits students with Hong Kong ID, claiming to "guarantee their local student status" without specifying whether classes would be held on the mainland or Hong Kong.
Earlier this month, another mainland tutorial centre wrote on WeChat that it will collaborate with Inno Secondary School, another Hong Kong private school, to allow students to enter the city's universities as "local students."
TVB News visited the school where a notice outside stated that it has relocated to Hung Hom because of rent arrears.
On its Hung Hom campus, the school's person in charge admitted that they are partnering with a Shenzhen tutoring centre to offer "2+2" A-Level and other international courses, allowing students to study in Shenzhen for the first two years before spending the final two years in Hong Kong.
Education-sector lawmaker Tang Fei says such cases emerge because of recent policies that tighten residency requirements for Hong Kong's subsidised post-secondary programmes.
Citing the Education Ordinance, he notes that to be registered as a school, the sponsoring body must be the same legal entity, so it's impossible for a new, separate institution to suddenly take over the school's enrolment process.
