Record 24 students ace DSE, but weaker language scores shrink admission pool

A record 24 students from 15 schools have scored perfect marks in Hong Kong’s university entrance exams, but the proportion of day-school candidates meeting the minimum admission requirements fell slightly to 36.8 per cent, a drop an education consultant attributed to weaker performance in the two core language subjects. The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority released the candidates’ general performance in the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams on Tuesday. The 58,487...


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