Education in Hong Kong
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Education in Hong Kong has a similar system to that
of the United Kingdom, in particular the English
education system, as Hong
Kong was colonised by the British from 1841 to 1997.
Following the introduction of the comprehensive school system
in the 1960's in the UK, children in Hong Kong transformed from
the old education system of entering a 'first' school (4 years)
followed by a 'secondary-middle' school (4 years), then a 'secondary-high'
school (3 + 2 years) to the 'new' education system of primary
school (6 years) followed by secondary school (5 + 2 years).
The trend of late has been to replace 'first' schools with primary
schools and accordingly, 'secondary-middle' and 'secondary-high'
schools with fully-fledged secondary schools.
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