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本帖最後由 FattyDaddy 於 13-9-1 02:04 編輯
CapricornO 發表於 13-8-31 22:18 
my opinion is subvention being taken away has nothing to do with their admission requirement ...
Sorry to say, you're wrong on this, the removal of the subvention has brought about 3 radical changes in ESF's Primary and Secondary school admission policy this year:-
(1) The Cat 1 / 2 prioritization is abolished.
(2) At least 70% of their student population must possess foreign citizenship, and they now verify passports.
(3) They now interview both parents to assess the suitability of the family as a whole, previously they only interviewed the child.
When ESF was receiving subvention from the Hongkong government, they had a real or at least a moral obligation to serve Hongkong's general public, regardless of nationality, and they largely fulfilled that by being low cost and non-selective, and indeed, the bulk of their students were HK permanent residents from middle income families.
Yes, there was this Cat 1 / 2 prioritization which favoured children who don't speak Cantonese, causing many Hongkongers to feel excluded, but now I suspect this prioritization was not ESF's own desire but put there by the Hongkong government, so as to minimize the number of Cantonese speaking local children escaping from local education.
Now that the subvention is ceased, ESF no longer needs to do the government's bidding, and surprise surprise, they dropped the Cat 1 / 2 prioritization. They have also said goodbye to their non-selective days and now operate just like any private international school with full control of their admission policies.
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發表於 13-9-1 01:43
