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The Native-speaking English Teacher ( NET) Scheme came into operation in Hong Kong in 1998. It is a scheme which allows governmental and government subsidised primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong to employ English teachers from overseas. The aim of the scheme is to provide local students with exposure to authentic English language and to ...
St. Margaret's is in division one for sport events and has a large share in the Hong Kong cross country team, owning 25% of the students in the team. This is an incredible feat, considering that St. Margaret's only has 300 boys and 300 girls, and has to compete with some of Hong Kong's traditional band 1 schools such as Ying Wa , coincidentally ...
That's the main requirement for English teaching jobs. If not, you'll have a much harder time finding a job. However if you want to seek employment at schools you'll probably need a teaching qualification (TESL or so), and as non-native you won't be eligible for the NET scheme (Native English Teacher).
English was taught in Hong Kong's schools before 1997 because Hong Kong was a colony of the United Kingdom. The government revived teaching in Cantonese during the early 1980s, but by the end of 1994, only 20% of secondary schools had adopted Cantonese as the language medium of teaching.
My Daughter started work as an english teacher in Hongkong early april.She does have a degree,and she also had to take a tefl course.i went out to stay with her last month,and when i looked through the papers there were alot of vacancies for english teachers,and none of them stated that you needed a degree.However without the qualifications i ...
The Hong Kong government issued the September 1997 Medium of Instruction Guidance for Secondary Schools, new criteria that determined whether a school may continue to be EMI: the school needed to have teachers who could teach in English and a student body with 85% being able to learn both Chinese and English. 300 secondary schools previously ...
The Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers ( LPAT ; Chinese: 教師語文能力評核) is an assessment examination for the language proficiency of teachers in Hong Kong. According to regulations, any teachers teaching English language or Putonghua (a.k.a. Mandarin Chinese) in Hong Kong, where Cantonese Chinese is mostly spoken, must have ...
Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers ( HKFEW) is a pro-Beijing teachers union in Hong Kong. [2] [3] [4] Established in 1975, it is currently the largest teachers union in Hong Kong, after the disbandment of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union. It was established to "rally teachers to adopt the position of 'loving Hong Kong and the ...