#Education #Poll Drop-out Rate Surges in Schools as Parents lose confidence in Hong Kong's Education System May 26, 2021, HKs Professional Teachers' Union (#PTU) published a recent poll result, revealing that both primary and secondary schools in HK are losing their students.
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Out of 130 primary and 53 secondary schools that joined the survey, all of them recorded the departure of students in the school year 2021/2022. 70% of schools have lost 1 to 20 students, while 30% have lost 21 or more. Among them, three schools saw more than 50 students leaving
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Nearly one-fifth of the primary schools have to shrink the class of Primary One in the 2022/2023 school year. More than 30% primary schools and more than 40% of the secondary schools stated the majority of reasons for dropping out are emigration and pursuing education overseas.
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The chairperson of the Professional Teachers' Union, Fung Wai-wah, said many parents in Hong Kong are very concerned about the political pressure, the introduction of national education and the government's changing education policy among others. Under the circumstances,
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more and mor e parents lost confidence in Hong Kong's education system, and chose to move out of Hong Kong with their children.
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