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It was established in 1965 by the St. Margaret's Educational Organization, a Catholic religious-teaching educational organization. The school curriculum uses English as the medium of instruction in all subjects, with the exception in Chinese-related subjects and other foreign languages, which being French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
The Native-speaking English Teacher (NET) Scheme came into operation in Hong Kong in 1998. It is a scheme which allows governmental and government subsidised primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong to employ English teachers from overseas. The aim of the scheme is to provide local students with exposure to authentic English language and to ...
Education has always represented an area of focus for Singapore since its independence in 1965. Its emphasis on education partly reflects Singapore's virtual lack of natural resources and Singapore's need to develop its human resource and manpower capability in its continuing quest to build a knowledge-based economy.
To support teaching and research in early childhood education, the School runs the HKBU Kindergarten, the first university-affiliated kindergarten in Hong Kong. On a self-financed basis, the School operates at two University campuses in Kowloon Tong and Shek Mun as well as three learning centres located along the Mass Transit Railway lines.
It is Hong Kong's largest English-medium organisation of international schools. [4] It was founded in 1967 with the passage of the English Schools Foundation Ordinance. [5] In addition to tuition fees, the foundation receives an ongoing subsidy from the Hong Kong Government, which is being phased out.
On 15 February 1960, the Graduate Teachers' Association decided on dissolution following a ballot vote by members who opted to join the Singapore Teachers' Union. [4] In line with NTUC's effort to modernise the Labour Movement in Singapore, STU organised a Modernisation Seminar from 27 February to 1 March 1971.
It was established to "rally teachers to adopt the position of 'loving Hong Kong and the Motherland'", as part of China's united front work in Hong Kong's educational sector. [4] The trade union has some 42,000 members, as of 2021. [1] The incumbent president is Wong Kwan-yu, also the supervisor of HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Secondary School.
[1] [2] Its online-classroom portal enables students to receive 25-minute English language lessons from fluent English-speaking teachers. [3] [4] Students and teachers communicate via its global classroom platform. [5] In 2017, VIPKid launched a new service, Lingo Bus, to teach Mandarin to students of 5 to 12 years old. [6] [7]