A three-day education fair featuring more than 300 institutions from kindergartens to universities will be held in Hong Kong later this month to boost student enrolment from mainland China, with the organisers expecting it to draw more than 50,000 visitors.
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The fair, the third since 2023, is being arranged by four major school councils, with the city facing the problem of a shrinking student population.
“It is one of the ways to expand our source of students,” said primary school head Jessie Cheung Chok-fong, chairwoman of the organising committee.
For Mandarin-speaking mainland students recruited in the last two years, language remained the biggest problem but they should be able to adapt to the new environment fast, principals organising the fair said.
The Hong Kong Subsidised Secondary Schools Council, the Subsidised Primary School Council, the Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council and the Hong Kong Aided Primary School Heads Association are organising the event.
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It is expected to draw 50,000 visitors and will be held at AsiaWorld-Expo from November 28 to 30, with around 110 secondary schools, 100 primary schools, 80 preschools and nine tertiary institutions or their faculties taking part.