... ly of the TSA are not suffering in the Hong Kong education system. They have either beem sent overseas or are studying at international schools in the city.) It’s time to apply genuine 21st century lo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
... t. Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, who succeeded Tung as CE, made a distinction between people on the basis of political affinity. That has led to the divisions in society getting more deep. As for Leung Chun- ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-23
... sessment (TSA) examination during weekends and holidays. The Education Bureau (EDB) also asked parents to report any school that fails to comply, Apple Daily reports. Secretary for Education Eddie Ng ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
We keep hearing about the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) and why it should be scrapped. The public is against it because of its overemphasis on preparation which runs counter to the TSA’s mand ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... stmas the TSA exam scheduled for June, the parents said, they will not encourage their children to do extra exercises during the Christmas holiday to prepare them for it, nor will they allow their chi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... ating for TSA's abolition. There were instances where schools asked students to come in 30 minutes earlier to do TSA exercises. Cheung Yung-pong, principal of S.K.H. St. James' Primary School and a c ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
Nothing could have been more ridiculous than asking an 8-year-old kid to testify at a hearing over the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA), the mechanism introduced by the Education Bureau under wh ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
The day after a pro-establishment party official and his daughter spoke up in favor of the controversial Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) at a public hearing, the girl's school issued a statemen ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... sessment (TSA) for primary school students, for example, is turning into a huge political bomb, four years after the students staged massive protests that led to the government scrapping its patriotic ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... sessment (TSA) for primary three students is being reviewed after complaints from parents that its overemphasis on preparation is a burden on their children. Yeung said the TSA has "issues" and that a ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... ng on the TSA in a Legislative Council panel later this month. He repeated his defense of the TSA in Legco on Wednesday, emphasizing to lawmakers that the individual test results of students would not ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
Nearly a third of parents in Hong Kong feel their children are under undue stress due to the controversial Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA), a survey has shown. One in four parents said they are ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
Members of a committee set up by the Education Bureau to review the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) for primary three students have different views on whether the exercise should be abolished, ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
... sessment (TSA), to win public funding or ensure their survival by maintaining a viable enrolment. Now, a proposed reform intended to "raise teaching quality" is making it even tougher for students wit ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
Parents are calling for the abolition of the Territory-wide System Assessments (TSA) scheme, which requires students to undergo intensive examinations. The tests have nothing to do with the students' ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
Henry Cheng Kar-shun, chairman of New World Development, said he is baffled at the objections raised by some people to a government plan to award his company the Tsim Tsa Tsui harborfront redevelopmen ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
Launched in 2004, the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) is compulsory for Primary 3, Primary 6 and Secondary 3 students. Students are required to undergo written assessments in Chinese, English a ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-29
... sessment (TSA) would improve the chances of their children being assigned to schools in the upper bands. He has called for a review of the allocation system for Secondary 1 school places. Lit’s views ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
In late June the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union (HKPTU) published the results of their latest opinion poll on the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA). According to the survey, around 70 per ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
Seventy percent of primary school teachers are calling for the abolishment of the Education Bureau’s Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA), saying it piles unnecessary pressure on students, Apple Dai ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-23
