Hong Kong ` Part Two

(The University of Hong Kong)

Hong Kong's education system roughly follows the system in England, although at the higher education levels, both English and American systems exist. The instruction is mainly spoken Cantonese, written Chinese and English, but Mandarin language education has been increasing.

Hong Kong's public schools are operated by the Education Bureau. At first, we have a non-compulsory three-year kindergarten(K1-K3), followed by a compulsory six-year primary education(P1-P6), a three-year junior secondary education(F1-F3), a non-compulsory two-year senior secondary education leading to the HKCEE(F4-F5), and a two-year matriculation course leading to the HKALE, or more commonly known as the A-level(F6-F7).

There are nine public universities in Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong is the oldest and the more famous institution.

For me, I finished the two-year senior secondary education. In other words, F5 (Form 5). We have two graduation in high school, the first one is F5 graduation and the other one is F7 graduation. In this two grades, we all have to take the big big big exam which is decide you can continue your education or not. So sometimes you all ask me did I finish my high school education, I can't exactly tell you YES or NO. It is because I graduated in F5, but if I didn't come to the U.S. I am still in high school, so... But now I think you all know more about it!