Ethnic minority students’ education in Hong Kong: Rhetoric, issues and priorities

Ethnic minority students’ education in Hong Kong: Rhetoric, issues and priorities

• Bhowmik, Miron Kumar The Hong Kong Institute of Education

International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 16(2), 126-140, 2014

Emerald

2014

• N Students & Student Services
  • NO Minorities & Immigrant Students
• P Social Context of Education
  • PH Minorities & Education, Racial & Ethnic Factors

Ethnic Minority Education ‘Out of School’ Children Dropping Out Non Chinese Speaking Students Chinese Language Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

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In 2013 the newly elected Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China delivered his first Policy Address. Among other things, it highlighted the issues of education for ethnic minority students in Hong Kong focusing on Chinese language difficulties. This paper reviews the Chinese language issues for ethnic minority students as well as other issues and challenges that have been raised. It draws on education reform documents, available policy documents from the Education Bureau (EDB) and other departments regarding the educational provision for ethnic minorities, the Race Discrimination Ordinance (RDO), census and statistics reports including the recent ‘2011 Population Census, Thematic Report: Ethnic Minorities’, existing literature and newspaper articles. While the focus of the discussion is on the challenges that ethnic minority students are facing inside the school, the issue of the ‘out of school’ or ‘dropout’ phenomenon for such students is also highlighted. The paper concludes by suggesting that an exclusive concern with Chinese language education misses other significant issues that impact on the education of ethnic minority students in Hong Kong. Copyright © 2014 by the CESHK.

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2021-09-08