[Global Times Special Correspondent in Hong Kong, Ye Lan, Global Times Correspondent Xu Keyue] The high school diploma, commonly known as the "Hong Kong Gaokao", was released on the 21st. Continued study is the mainstream way out, but for some people, local studies are no longer the first choice.
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, said on the 20th that there are 48,600 full-time higher education courses, which is enough to satisfy candidates who wish to advance to higher education.
She specifically mentioned that going to the mainland for further studies is one of the ways. With the support of the Ministry of Education, there are 127 mainland higher education institutions that allow Hong Kong students to enroll without taking the mainland college entrance examination.
According to a report from the Sing Tao Daily on the 20th, the Hong Kong Education Bureau recently announced the "Statistical Survey on the Way Out for Secondary Six Students in 2020". Among the more than 44,000 sixth-grade middle school graduates who participated in the survey, about 94% continued to study full-time courses. However, the number of local students entering higher education has decreased, and the number of people who choose to enter higher education abroad has increased by 40% from more than 4,200 in 2009, to 6000 in 2020; from the perspective of proportion, the number of overseas students who continue to enter higher education accounts for nearly 15% of the overall number of students who continue to enter higher education , A new high in 9 years.
The report lists popular places to enter higher education. Sixth grade students of middle schools choose the mainland the most, with about 1,800 people; the second is Taiwan with 1,500 people.
The principal of the Hong Kong Island Technical College, Luo Yongxiang, said that data from the Ministry of Education show that the number of Hong Kong students entering mainland schools has exceeded 3,000 per year, which is more than the statistics of the Hong Kong Education Bureau. Hong Kong students and people studying in international schools".
Analysis believes that the reasons for the hot inland are closely related to the choice of disciplines and development prospects. Luo Yongxiang said that Hong Kong's employment prospects are more focused on finance, trade and real estate, but the future development direction of the world is innovative technology, and "Shenzhen's Huawei, Tencent and DJI, just say a few are international." He believes that the Greater Bay Area has more room for development. Students studying in the Mainland to understand the local culture and establish contacts will help the career development. Luo Yongxiang also mentioned that the Hong Kong government provides subsidies for mainland students to enter higher education, and the mainland has also established scholarships for students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Together with the relatively low tuition and living expenses in the mainland, it provides great economic incentives for local students in Hong Kong, which has pushed up mainland universities’ The attractiveness of Hong Kong students. Zhang Yuzhong, general manager of Ai Xueyou, who is familiar with the mainland and Taiwan, said, “Taiwan and the mainland have more applied and practical subjects, and they are paying more and more attention to career-oriented courses, unlike Hong Kong, which focuses on academic research or business. the Lord". Student counselor Wu Baocheng of Xueyou Society noticed that Hong Kong students who go to the mainland to study more choose engineering disciplines such as Chinese medicine, business administration, and software programming; students who go to Taiwan to go to school are mainly interested in studying culture, design, hotel, and history. And other disciplines. He also revealed that in the past two to three years, the proportion of Hong Kong students staying in the Mainland to work is relatively high, because many people have already planned to develop in the Mainland.
It is worth mentioning that the Mainland provides various conveniences for the development of Hong Kong students.
According to a report from Toutiao Daily on the 20th, Guangdong Province recently issued the "Announcement on the Centralized Public Recruitment of College Graduates by Guangdong Public Institutions in 2021" (hereinafter referred to as the "Announcement"), providing more than 20,000 public institution positions and publicly recruiting college graduates. graduate.
Among them, recent graduates from Hong Kong and Macau who meet the requirements of the "Administrative Measures for the Public Recruitment of Hong Kong and Macau Residents by Public Institutions in the Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Mainland Guangdong-Macao Greater Bay Area)" and the announcement can apply for more than 9,000 positions in the Greater Bay Area, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Foshan etc.
The Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangdong Province stated that Hong Kong and Macao graduates, Hong Kong and Macao residents and Hong Kong and Macao youths can apply for all public institutions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area without distinction. 4154, part of the nature of the work is related to Hong Kong and Macau.
In addition, in order to encourage and support young people to work and develop their careers in cities in the Greater Bay Area, the Hong Kong Government announced in its Policy Address last year the launch of the “Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program” to encourage those who have businesses in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. Enterprises hire and dispatch graduates from local universities and colleges to work in cities in the Greater Bay Area.
Participating companies must hire target graduates in Hong Kong in accordance with laws and regulations with a monthly salary of no less than HK$18,000, and send them to work and receive on-the-job training in cities in the Greater Bay Area.
The government will provide a monthly allowance of HK$10,000 per person for each graduate hired by the enterprise.
Some analysts believe that this means that Guangdong and Hong Kong are in a good integration of human resources elements, and it has also promoted the employment development of talents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Deng Fei, the principal of Hong Kong Island Middle School in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong and the vice chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers, said in an interview with a reporter from the Global Times that in order to strengthen the connection between the Mainland and Hong Kong, it is ultimately necessary to work, live and study.
He told reporters that although it is not possible to simply talk about studying in the Mainland to immediately generate a sense of identity, this can be said to be the first step. "When students have a comprehensive understanding of the Mainland, this sense of identity can be enhanced."