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Features

Direct Subsidy Scheme School Receiving Government Subsidy

In September 1999, we officially joined “the Direct Subsidy Scheme” and became a fully government subsidized secondary school. There is no doubt that parents may not have any ideas of the “Direct Subsidy Scheme”. In fact, the origin of the Scheme was from the Third Report of the Education Commission issued in 1987. The Scheme is important in two perspectives. Firstly, the government subsidizes schools with public funds (on a lump sum and on an individual basis, which are different from other subsidized schools). Secondly, schools are given greater autonomy (greater flexibility in the areas of finance, curriculum and students admission). Mr. Cheng Kai-ming, an academic, commented that direct subsidy is an advanced step of school-based management. Mr. Tsang Wing Kwong pointed out that a directly subsidized school was a kind of subsidized school enjoying an extra benefit from the government. Whatever it may be, this brand new system empowers a school to have its own autonomy and accountability; and motivates a school to carry out reforms so as to provide parents with a wider scope of and better quality of educational services. Therefore, some people say, “A new hope of the government (in educational reforms) is on a directly subsidized school”.

School with Unique Nature: Integration of Multi-Cultures

Since our establishment, we are dedicated to providing different ethnic groups with our educational services in Hong Kong. An integration of Chinese and English speaking or multi-national students from diverse cultural backgrounds becomes one of our most special features. In the 21st Century, a time with virtually no international boundaries, our unique school not only provides an ideal English learning environment to students (our school is one of the 114 English secondary schools as stipulated by the Education Department), but it also creates a remarkable multi-cultural educational platform to broaden students’ international horizon and to nurture their qualities of mutual acceptance and appreciation.

A Specialized School Providing Educational Services to Newly-Arrival Students from the Mainland and Students of Ethnic Minority Groups

Our school is composed of the ‘newly-arrival students from the Mainland?and the ‘students of ethnic minority groups?(non-Chinese speaking students).  We possess ample managerial experience, comprehensive support and guidance mechanism together with tailor-made school curriculum to cater the needs of these students.  In addition, we have developed close collaboration relationship with social workers and voluntary organization.  All these make Delia Hip Wo a specialized school to provide quality education services to the ‘newly-arrival students from the Mainland?and the ‘students of ethnic minority groups?