Education in Hong Kong
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Secretary for Education Director of Social Welfare |
Eddie Ng Patrick Nip |
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| Budget | $39,420 per capita |
| Primary languages | English and Cantonese Chinese |
| System type | National |
| 9-year Compulsory Education | September 1978 |
| Total | 94.6% |
| Male | N/A |
| Female | N/A |
| Total | N/A |
| Primary | N/A |
| Secondary | N/A |
| Post secondary | N/A |
| Secondary diploma | N/A |
| Post-secondary diploma | N/A |
Education in Hong Kong is largely modelled on that of the United Kingdom, particularly the English system. It is overseen by the Education Bureau and the Social Welfare Department.
A small group of South Asian Hong Kongers marched through Central demanding more schooling in the English language on 3 June 2007. In the 2013/14 school year, there are 569 primary schools, 514 secondary day schools and 61 special schools.
Small village Chinese schools were observed by the British missionaries when they arrived circa 1843. Anthony Sweeting believes those small village schools existed in Chek Chue (modern-day town of Stanley), Shek Pai Wan, Heung Kong Tsai (modern-day Aberdeen) and Wong Nai Chong on Hong Kong Island, although proof is no longer available.
One of the earliest schools with reliable records was Li Ying College established in 1075 in present-day New Territories. By 1860 Hong Kong had 20 village schools. Chinese who were wealthy did not educate their children in Hong Kong, but instead sent them to major Chinese cities, such as Canton, for traditional Chinese education.
The changes came with the arrival of the British in 1841. At first Hong Kong's education came from Protestant and Catholic missionaries who provided social services. Italian missionaries began to provide boy-only education to British and Chinese youth in 1843.
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