A prestigious international school in Hong Kong has taken legal action in a bid to remove a “discriminatory” article in its regulations that requires all elected board directors to be fluent German speakers, a rule that has existed for more than 15 years. Another extensive hearing would take place this week, following one in May, …
LAKEVILLE — Hotchkiss School sophomore Arhan Chhabra knows education is a tool everyone should have. After a trip to India in 2019, this technology-inspired 15-year-old created an online platform with a global reach to help give education to students with potential, but no resources. And after the coronavirus pandemic hit his home country of Hong …
5月24日，加拿大菲沙研究所公布2020年安省中學成績排行榜。 菲沙研究所根據多個指標給學校打分，其中包括9年級學生的數學成績、英文成績、男女學生之間的成績差異、未達標的學生比例、學校發展趨勢。得分越高的學校，排名越高。 香港加拿大國際學校多年來第一次參加安省統一考試，就在安省739所中學中脫穎而出，以9.3分的成績在整個安省中學當中排第4。 https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/20/5/24/n12133808.htm
本港不少國際學校除了收取學費外，亦會要求家長購買債券，或支付提名權、工程費用等以籌集資金。立法會教育事務委員會(教委會)今日開會，教育局局長楊潤雄指，下學年起會要求所有私立和國際學校的其他收費向教育局申請，加強規管。 http://www.orangenews.hk/news/system/2020/06/05/010151502.shtml
受到新冠肺炎疫情影響，培生早前宣布取消本年五月至六月本港舉辦國際普通中學教育文憑（IGCSE）和國際高級程度會考（IAL）等考試。培生昨日宣布，今年秋季特別「加開」考試，增設一次的IGCSE考試，同時舉辦IAL數個科目考試，包括原定於5或6月最後一次評估的科目。 https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/479262/%E6%96%B0%E5%86%A0%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E-%E5%9F%B9%E7%94%9F%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E7%A7%8B%E5%AD%A3%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5-%E5%8A%A0%E9%96%8B-igcse%E8%80%83%E8%A9%A6
The University of California will drop the SAT and ACT tests as admission requirements through 2024 and eliminate them for California residents after that, a landmark decision by the prestigious university system. Critics of the standardized tests have long argued they disadvantage students of color and those from low-income families because test questions often contain …
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