No Hong Kong public secondary school at risk of closure in new academic year: authorities
Education Bureau says secondary schools can add nine more Form One classes, while primary schools can launch three more Primary One classes
No public secondary school in Hong Kong is at risk of closure this academic year and they will be allowed to operate nine more Form One classes, education authorities have said, while a sector leader has attributed the situation to a rise in mainland Chinese families arriving under different talent schemes.
The bureau said it had informed affected schools after the annual headcount exercise conducted early last week.
Four Primary One and seven Form One classes were added following the headcount exercise last year.
The bureau also told the Post that no secondary schools would be shut this year as none operated only one Form One class.
Current rules require schools with only one Form One class to submit their survival plans to authorities. Two secondary schools were ordered to shut two years ago amid the city’s shrinking student population.
The public school sector is notified of the number of Primary One and Secondary One classes they can operate in each coming academic year, in March and April respectively.
