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Hong Kong universities see surge in non-DSE admissions, sparking local quota calls

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Hong Kong's public universities are admitting a record number of students through non-Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) pathways, with these admissions increasing by 63% over seven years to represent nearly 30% of government-funded places. Concurrently, the proportion of students admitted via the local DSE exam has fallen from 82% to 72%. This shift has led to concerns that it is raising admission score requirements for DSE students, potentially disadvantaging local applicants. AI

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Hong Kong universities see surge in non-DSE admissions, sparking local quota calls

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · William Yiu ·

    Record non-DSE admissions to Hong Kong’s universities spark calls for quotas

    Hong Kong public universities have admitted a record number of students applying outside the local exam system, with the intake surging by 63 per cent over seven years to account for nearly 30 per cent of the 15,000 government-funded places, the South China Morning Post has found…

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