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Re: 直資學校「搶走」津小生
I have posted the following under another thread, but looking at the discussions here, I should have posted here:
"A lot of BK parents tend to support the concept of direct subsidy schools but few have explored the consequences of these schools' emergence on the ecosystem of HK education. I suspect that this is because a typical BK parent is one who cares a lot about their children's education and thus won't mind paying an affordable sum (to them) for their education. However, in my opinion, direct subsidy has been the worst change introduced by the education reform since 1997.
Direct subsidy schools (DSS) also receive subsidy from the government, but on a per head basis. It's slightly over HK$20,000 a year and can go over HK$30,000 for some secondary schools. If a DSS has no problem in attracting students, it receives more or less the same amount of subsidy as a subsidized or aided school. In other words, for most DSS, adding the annual tuition fee >$20,000 they charge, the resources under their command is more than double of the subsidized or aided schools. At the same time, the constraints imposed on them by EMB are far less stringent. This is a major departure of the government non-intervention policy regarding the private sectior of education. Without the government subsidy, the private schools in Hong Kong have been diminishing since the implementation of 9-year free education policy.
Secondly, the change in banding policy has somehow diluted the quality of students at the traditional elite schools. We have heard a lot about Wah Yan or Kings in this site. Mark my word, without changing to DSS and thus possessing the autonomy of handpicking students, the gradual demise of most traditional elite schools, such as La Salle, St Joseph, Maryknoll, St Stephen's Girls, are doomed. St Paul's Convent changed to DSS last year; I wonder how long other traditional elite schools can hold on to their belief in egalitarian education.
It is already difficult enough to compete with top schools like DB/GS or St Paul's Co-ed, with the direct subsidy policy; other schools simply stand no chance at all to come even closer.
Hong Kong is going back to elitism in education, but in its worst form, one based on the financial background instead of the ability of an individual. We are kissing a sad goodbye to the days in which the upward mobility of our society was encouraged and supported by the education systems.
Are these really what we look forward to seeing?"
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發表於 05-11-24 11:38
, is judy = judy001 ? 
