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Many international schools in Hong Kong fail to meet the ‘70 per cent rule’ for non-local students
- More than 40,000 of the city’s 900,000 kindergarten, primary and secondary students study at international schools
- Out of 52 such schools, 24 had more than 30 per cent of their enrolment coming from local students this academic year, according to a Post analysis
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Nearly half of more than 50 international schools in Hong Kong are failing to comply with a government requirement that at least 70 per cent of their students be non-locals.
The rule is aimed at ensuring enough classroom places for the children of expat families in the Asian financial centre.
But the proportion, which was raised from 50 per cent in 2009, is not being met, according to a Post analysis of Education Bureau figures submitted to the Legislative Council on Tuesday.
Out of 52 international schools, 24 had more than 30 per cent of their enrolment coming from local students this academic year, compared with 18 and 21 in the two previous years.
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The figure was more than 60 per cent at four institutions: Kingston International School, Think International School, Yew Chung International School and Kiangsu & Chekiang Primary School and its college’s international section.
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