請教：int’l school VS private school

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回覆 christineyhng 的帖子

The definition is one more driven by EDB regulations than everything else.  Think of it as the type of license that you are under to operate a school.  Both private independent schools and international schools do not receive any funding from other government so theoretically, they need to pay for the same expenses all by themselves.

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回覆 christineyhng 的帖子

I will try to express my view another way.  Don't look at whether a school is an IS or a PIS.  As a generalization, these are not useful ways to look at the various schools in HK.  It is irrelevant since it is more a designation by EDB in terms of how they grant the school a license to operate.  As someone points out, only material difference is PIS requires 70% of students to have HKID so chances are they will have more HK ethnic Chinese.  Many IS and PIS offer similar curriculum and hire from the same pool of teachers.  Look at the specifics of each school instead.