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Secondary education in [[Hong Kong]] is largely based on the [[England|English]] schooling system. Secondary school begins on the seventh year of formal education (kindergarten is excluded) after Primary Six, called Form One. Students are requried by law (with some exceptions) to spend five years in secondary schools. In the first three years (Forms One to Three) of secondary education, focus is on general, instead of subject-divided, education.
In Form Four, students will have to choose between a "Science" stream and an "Arts" stream. During Form Four and Five, they prepare for the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination ([[Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination|HKCEE]]), which takes place after Form Five (similar to the UK's GCSEs or O-levels). Students obtaining a satisfactory grade will be promoted to the Form Six (aka. Lower Sixth), who then prepare for the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations ([[Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination|HKALE]]) (''which acts as a de facto university entrance examination akin to the UK's [[A-level]]s''; though the percentage of candidates getting grade 'A' is much lower, usually around 3-4%, depending on individual subjects'), which are taken at the end of Form Seven (aka. Upper Sixth). In Hong Kong, attainments (Grade E or above) in the HKALE [[Chinese Language and Culture]] and [[Use of English]] subjects are prerequisites for university admissions, similar to the language requirement of Grades A*-C in [[GCSE]] [[English language|English]] for university admissions in the UK. A central allocation system for places, called the [[Joint University Programmes Admissions System]] (JUPAS), determines admission to tertiary institutions, largely based on the student's HKALE (and HKCEE) results. In addition, students achieving more than 6 'A's in their HKCEEs are eligible to apply in the [[Early Admission Scheme|Early Admissions Scheme]] (EAS) that give them the chance of entering certain universities ([[The Chinese University of Hong Kong]], [[The University of Hong Kong]] and [[The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]]) upon the completion of Form Six, bypassing the HKALEs. There are around 400 students that meet the criteria each year. Medicine (CUHK/HKU), Pharmacy (CUHK), Law (HKU), Dual Degree programme (HKU/HKUST) are popular choices for EAS students.
International school students rarely take Hong Kong public exams; instead, they sit for international or foreign public exams such as the British [[GCSE]], [[IGCSE]] and [[A-level]]s, the [[International Baccalaureate]], the U.S. [[SAT]]s, Abiturs, etc.
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