Hong Kong may place more emphasis on sports when assessing pupils for secondary school
- Education Bureau proposes revised grading mechanism in which PE scores are included while weightage for some other subjects slightly reduced
Hong Kong primary school pupils may have their sports performance evaluated alongside their academic scores under a revised grading rubric for allocation to secondary school, the Post has learned.
Under the current practice, schools internally evaluate their pupils for secondary school allocation with three rounds of exams – one in the latter term of Primary Five and two in Primary Six – and submit those scores to the Education Bureau under a standardised 38-point system.
Core subjects such as Chinese language, English and mathematics currently take up nine points each; general studies six; music two; and visual arts three. Physical education (PE) does not currently take up any points.
However, according to sources familiar with the new proposal, pupils graded under the new rubric for secondary school allocation would have their performance in PE included, with the subject taking up two points.
Chinese, English and mathematics would be lowered to eight points each, while the two new courses on science and humanities would each take up four points. Music and visual arts would take up two points each. The total will still add up to 38 points.
