2023/24 academic year.
According to Ming Pao reports, the Hong Kong Education Bureau actually calculated the number of schools in September, and the results were announced on Friday (September 29).2023/24 Public primary schools in the academic year have added a total of four classes. The number of classes approved by the Education Bureau has decreased by 59 classes, and the number of primary schools has been reduced by 55 from the previous school year.
The Hong Kong Education Bureau said that the school's approval class was affected by a number of factors. Digital adjustment reflects the overall changes in the population of school -age school children and the flow of student population, including relocation, transfer to direct capital or private schools.And the student's population is moved into or moved out of Hong Kong.
The Education Bureau said that all schools have been adjusted to be adjusted by schools that must be adjusted by the 2023/24 school year structure and faculty preparation.If there is an excess teacher in the adjustment of the number of classes, you can be retained to the end of the school year according to the established mechanism; the over -teacher who has decreased due to the decline in the population of the primary school student, and the decrease in the total number of classes can be retained for up to three academic year.
The Education Bureau also said that it will continue to pay close attention to the changes in the population of the student, maintain close communication with the industry, continue to review the actual situation of primary and secondary schools, take the best consideration of student welfare, and "soft landing as the priority, and" soft landing as a soft landing."For the goal, gradually adjust the number of schools in an orderly manner to ensure ecological health and sustainable development of schools.
