點解現在想在國際學校找個學位都咁難？

vinvillalee

如題。純粹抒發個人感受

AEteam

Agreed.  In our days, it is not very difficult to get into an international school......now, the chance of getting into one is just like winning mark six!!

pollybell

同意,特別係N無人仕, 無PASSPORT,無幾千萬身家,唔係職員,唔係舊生...........早兩三年都無咁難........今時唔同往日,一個酸梅兩個核.......一年難過一年.

mrshoho

So true...... it is all because of the HK education system!!!!!!  

chongnicole

其實要看小朋友的類型，和國際學校的質素。

考到心儀的國際學校固然開心，否則一些好的活動教學學校都係不錯的選擇，好過讀一d貴又吳知好吳好的國際學校。
看過一些家長提到小朋友讀了某些國際學校，成績退步了很多.....學校質素係最重要。

bobbycheung

SCMP reported on 8th Feb that "...It was reported in November that the city's top international schools were swamped with applications and were facing record waiting lists. The German Swiss International School, for example, said it had received 1,673 applications for 126 vacancies...."

I believe half of these 126 vacancies are probably in the German stream.  So in reality, we are talking about a ratio of 27:1.  Then they have a policy of giving priority to German, Swiss or Austrian nationals first. Siblings will come next and so on.  So the chance of gaining admission is pretty close to nil.  I am sure this is also happening in CIS, HKIS, ESF, CDNIS, FIS, SIS and many more.  

By the way, the Government said there will be an additional 4,500 international school places available from 2011/12 and 2012/13 school years onwards.  I believe this would only serve to provide additional seats to those students who would like to exit the Hong Kong education system.  I doubt if it would affect the admission rates of the above international schools a bit.  

I guess mrshoho is probably right.  The current dire situation probably has something to do with the HK education system.

Anyway, the trend is that the schools in UK and US are also swamped with people from HK and mainland China.  All these ever-increasing number of overseas students will eventually converge with students from the international schools in HK to vie for a place in the universities overseas.  If we add in the people from India and other developing countries, the next thing we will discover is that it will be very hard to secure a place in the universities/colleges in UK and US, not unlike what is now happening in the international schools in Hong Kong.     

meowji

有passport都冇用，而家個制度只利於non cantonese speaking kids, 即外國人包括中國人、其他亞洲人。有冇能力掟錢出來當然亦能幫助入學。如果政府一日吾改變教育制度，越來越多父母否定本地教學，而國際學校學位又不能追上需求，最後只可能向現實低頭。又或者一衆有外國護照的逃離香港。

baby8

As more and more parents in Hong Kong say NO to local system

judymama

原帖由 mrshoho 於 12-02-07 發表
So true...... it is all because of the HK education system!!!!!!

kittymon

chongnicole 發表於 12-2-7 23:21
其實要看小朋友的類型，和國際學校的質素。

考到心儀的國際學校固然開心，否則一些好的活動教學學校都係不 ...

同意！國際學校總體來講，個人認為好過本地教育制度。

不過現在我的小朋友開始出現中文水平下降。雖然英文很好了，但中文卻要在校外尋找補習。

Littleho

回復 kittymon 的帖子

Chinese is a far more difficult language than English. Even kids are exposed the same quality and amount of time, they still prefer English. I heard a case where a top SIS primary (P2-P3) student (top in both English and Chinese) failed to gain admission from a local elite school due to poor Chinese and Maths even though her English far exceeded the school requirements. She was then switched to KCS. After about two years, she gained admission from the same local elite school.

bobbycheung

回復 Littleho 的帖子

Perhaps it's because SIS teaches Simplified Chinese characters.  That's why the kid had problems when she tried to switch to the local elite school.  KCS on the other hand teachers Traditional Chinese characters and she had less of a problem in making the switch after spending 2 years there.  

acdad

kittymon 發表於 12-2-28 13:20
同意！國際學校總體來講，個人認為好過本地教育制度。

不過現在我的小朋友開始出現中文水平下降。雖然英 ...

讀國際學校唔止要補中文,要補數嘅仲多!

kittymon

madscientist 發表於 12-2-29 09:04
要補咁多的家長便是以傳統學校的心來讀國際學校。

我覺得除了中文，其他都ok

不想讓小朋友太累，太大壓力，也是選擇國際學校的原因之一

nintendo

原帖由 acdad 於 12-02-29 發表
讀國際學校唔止要補中文,要補數嘅仲多!

Not exactly. This is a personal choice. And, even this is true for spme students, it is still better than local school where students get tutoring in other subjects too.

24112006

最大問題系10年前"董事長"張學校分成英小及中小, 英中及中中, 令到原本英文唔太差的學生都因唔好彩而入左中小及中中, 基本上已奪去了最關鍵學英文的時間, 而佢地而家仲要面對新學制, "曾叔叔"攪到佢地大個仔大個女先開始去了解通識, 系人都知連老師自己都未讀得掂, 咁班細路邊會追得上先得架.  其實我登佢地好慘....英文唔叻....中文亦唔見得好左.....所以而家有少少經濟能力既都會考慮國際學校囉.

FattyDaddy

24112006 發表於 12-3-12 17:56
所以而家有少少經濟能力既都會考慮國際學校囉 ...

Sending one's kids to international school is just part of the story, the ultimate aim should be sending them overseas to complete their education in foreign universities. If they end up going to local universities after international school, they will still be caught up in "Asian style" force-fed education.