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RTHK
2 days ago
- Politics
- RTHK
Record stress levels ahead of DSE results: survey
Record stress levels ahead of DSE results: survey A survey by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG) found over half of the 1,456 secondary students interviewed reported significant stress. Photo: RTHK With Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exam results coming out next week, student stress levels have hit a record high since the pandemic, a youth group said on Thursday. A survey by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG) found over half of the 1,456 secondary students interviewed reported significant stress. Among form 6 students awaiting DSE results, 52.9 percent reported they were highly stressed, a sharp rise from 41.7 percent last year and a record-high since 2020. Meanwhile, 57.1 percent of form 5 students preparing for upcoming exams also reported high stress levels. Andy Chan, supervisor of the HKFYG, said economic uncertainty and shrinking job prospects are weighing on young people's minds. "In 2020, there was Covid. It meant the whole of society, including students, encountered uncertainty. They didn't know what was happening... Compared to recent research, it's pretty similar because we don't know how the economy will go, will it rebound or steady as right now," he said. "We found that they feel pretty worried about whether they have good prospects after they make a choice in the Jupas [Joint University Programmes Admissions System], whether they will have a good job after they graduate." Chan also highlighted growing anxiety about artificial intelligence, with many students fearing their chosen study paths and potential careers could be marginalised or even eliminated by the time they enter the workforce. In response, he strongly encouraged students to develop contingency plans regardless of their exam results. Chan also said the HKFYG will enhance its support services next week to provide better assistance for students and parents navigating the stressful period.
South China Morning Post
04-04-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
61% of eligible DSE candidates get into Hong Kong public universities, down from 70%
The success rate of eligible candidates who sat for the exam to be admitted into Hong Kong's publicly funded universities has fallen from 70 per cent in 2023 to 61 per cent, government statistics show, even as the scrapping of the liberal studies core subject allowed more students to meet minimum entrance requirements. Advertisement According to figures recently submitted by the Education Bureau to the Legislative Council, 19,262 candidates who took the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) last year met the minimum requirement to get into the eight local universities. But only 61 per cent, or 11,837, received offers from varsities via the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Jupas), a centralised system for those hoping to pursue full-time undergraduate programmes. The success rate for those eligible students dropped by 9 percentage points compared with 2023, when 70 per cent of DSE candidates were offered places in the city's government-funded universities. About 50,000 candidates sat the DSE in both 2023 and 2024. Advertisement Last year, 1,356 more students met the minimum entrance requirement than during the previous year. There was a drop in the number of places available at the eight universities through Jupas, from 12,592 in 2023 to 11,837 last year.
South China Morning Post
19-03-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong education authorities searching for non-local university enrolment solution
The number of children of non-local professionals enrolled into public universities almost trebled over the last two years, prompting the education authorities to consider finding extra undergraduate places for them to avoid competition with Hong Kong students. Advertisement Secretary for Education, Christine Choi Yuk-lin, on Wednesday said that the result of a review into the definition of local students – prompted by complaints of local parents regarding the influx of dependents under the city's talent scheme – would be announced before the next round of applications for publicly funded undergraduate programmes. 'The other thing is to find some places so that it does not affect the 15,000 opportunities of our local students. This is one of the plans we are studying,' she said, on the number of first-year-first degree places for local students every year. Choi said in a Legislative Council meeting that there were around 132,000 children aged under 18 permitted to come to Hong Kong as dependents under the various talent admission schemes during the period from 2022 to 2025. While the immigration authorities did not provide a breakdown of ages, Choi revealed a significant increase in the number of dependents admitted to public universities through the central allocation programme, Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Jupas). Advertisement 'According to the JUPAS Office, the number of dependents admitted to University Grants Committee-funded first-year-first degree programmes through the JUPAS route in the three years from the 2022-23 to 2024-25 academic years were 62, 68 and 185 respectively,' Choi said.
