Scholarism leader Joshua Wong planning to appeal some DSE exam results
Scholarism leaders' high exam marks confirm their work with the student movement hasn't interfered with their university ambitions
Teenage Scholarism leader Joshua Wong revealed yesterday that he plans to appeal some of his DSE exam results and that he was "disappointed" in his failure to get a starred grade in his Liberal Studies paper.
Interest in his grades was so intense yesterday that he was forced to call a press conference to make an announcement.
Both Wong and fellow activist Agnes Chow Ting obtained results better than the university entry requirements in the Diploma of Secondary Education exams.
As an activist who led the anti-national education protests back in 2012, Wong, was no different from any other secondary school graduates who got their results yesterday - apart from the clamour to find out his grades.
"I think it's the first time in Hong Kong that a student has had to announce his exam results in a press conference and I feel uncomfortable," he said.
He obtained a level 5 in liberal studies and a level 4 in Chinese. Overall, he at least met the basic university admission requirements but refused to reveal the results of his four other subjects - English, mathematics, economics and business, accounting and financial studies - as he says he "is planning to make appeals".
Results are graded from levels 1 to 5. The top-scoring students at level 5 receive a 5**.
