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Pre-school education in Hong Kong is not free, in principle, and fees are payable by pupils' parents. However, parents whose children have the right of abode in Hong Kong can pay for part of their fees with a voucher from the government under the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS). In 2013, the amount of subsidy under the PEVS is $16,800.
It is different from the old curriculum in that pupils now receive three years of senior secondary education and four years of university education. To move to university education, students must pass all four core subjects in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education. As a result, there is no more need for a genuine sixth form college.
Choi also said that Hong Kong students must learn about the history of China's socialist system, and must understand why it is suitable for China. [12] Choi later said that students must learn from Xi Jinping's speech on Hong Kong, and that the Education Bureau would hold sessions with school principals and teachers on the speech. [13]
In September 2003, St. Margaret's became the first school in Hong Kong to adopt a "through-train mode" from Primary One to Secondary Six on the same school premises, allowing students from its primary section to directly enter its secondary section upon graduation.
Moral and national education (MNE), initially known as Moral and civic education (MCE), was a school curriculum proposed by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong in 2012. The subject was controversial for its stance on the Chinese Communist Party and criticism of the United States' two-party system .
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The school offers both the Hong Kong and British National Curriculum. [19] [29] [88] The Hong Kong curriculum consists the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE). [23] The British National Curriculum comprises the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and GCE A/AS-Level. [14]
The programmes are closely tied with the curriculum devised by Hong Kong Government.Most of programmes are in the Cantonese language.In the early days, it covered the primary subjects of Chinese language, English language and Mathematics, and the secondary subjects Social Studies, Health Education (absent in secondary school) and Nature (later renamed to Science).