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
If you have spare time, strong legs and the desire to make some extra pocket money, head to Jenny Bakery in Hong Kong's Tsim Tsa Tsui district. Apparently, some people would be willing to pay you f ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-30
From late April to early June last year, the Tsim Tsa Tsui waterfront in Hong Kong was the scene of much excitement as a giant yellow rubber duck sat on the waters near the Harbour City mall. The nove ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-29
