English Schools Foundation
| English Schools Foundation 英基學校協會 |
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25/F, 1063 King's Road, Quarry Bay Hong Kong |
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| Established | 1967 |
| Chief executive officer | Belinda Greer |
| Chair of the board | Carlson Tong |
| Schools | 22 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 17,565 |
| Teachers | 1,251 |
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| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 英基學校協會 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 英基学校协会 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yīngjī Xuéxiào Xiéhuì |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | jing1 gei1 hok6 haau6 hip3 wui6*2 |
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| Chinese | 英基 | ||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Yīngjī |
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| Jyutping | jing1 gei1 |
The English Schools Foundation (Chinese: 英基學校協會, abbreviated: ESF or 英基) is an organisation that runs 22 educational institutions, most of which are international schools, in Hong Kong. It is the largest international educational foundation in Asia. It was founded in 1967 with the passage of the English Schools Foundation Ordinance, under which it is mandated to provide "without regard to race or religion, a modern liberal education through the medium of the English language".
The foundation receives an ongoing subvention from the Hong Kong Government. It is also funded through a tuition fee. In the 2013–2014 academic year, these fees stood at HK$90,000 per annum for primary school students and HK$101,400 per annum for Years 7-11 secondary school students (HK$106,300 for Years 12 and 13).
Although all of the ESF schools are comprehensive and "non-selective", students in the foundation have generally done well academically, with 90% of their graduates going to different universities around the world.
The schools have progressively improved their facilities, especially in ICT with the help of donations from Parent Teacher Associations.
The current chief executive of the English Schools Foundation is Belinda Greer.
Schools that are part of ESF include:
Its schools have traditionally provided a curriculum based on the British curriculum, but the organisation is undergoing a transition to a more international curriculum from the International Baccalaureate, starting with changing the Year 12 and 13 programme from the British GCE A-Levels to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme from September 2007.
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