More choices for Secondary 6 school leavers

The Self-financing Post-secondary Scholarship Scheme gave $36 million in scholarships and awards to 1,263 local and 27 non-local students in the 2011-12 academic year, the Education Bureau announces.

The Labour Department has launched a special website package catering to the pre-employment training and job needs of Form Six and Form Seven graduates.

School textbook publishers have pledged not to further increase prices in the 2012-13 academic year, Secretary for Education Michael Suen says.

Secretary for Education Michael Suen says it is unacceptable for publishers to price textbooks for teachers so high.

The Examinations & Assessment Authority did not take into account any political considerations in setting the Diploma of Secondary Education Examination questions on liberal studies, Secretary for Education Michael Suen tells legislators.

Eight students from the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education have achieved good results in the Asian Physics Olympiad, bringing home one gold medal, two bronze medals and three honourable mentions.

To encourage non-profit-making publishers to develop electronic textbooks, the Government has proposed a scheme to provide them with seeding grants, Secretary for Education Michael Suen says.

The Education Bureau has launched the One-stop Portal for Learning & Teaching Resources to help teachers to develop learning and teaching resources.

The Labour Department has launched the Work Safety Alert mobile application for both the iOS and Android platforms.

Students who choose to attend Mainland universities can attain more than a valuable degree, they also gain insights into the nation and its people. Two graduates explain the benefits they reaped from a Mainland tertiary education, highlighting the value of a new pilot scheme that will exempt Hong Kong students from taking the Joint Entrance Examination for Universities in the Mainland.