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FAQ

At her 75th anniversary, HYS is facing an unprecedented challenge: a reform in schoolmode - the transformation from a subsidized school to the Direct Subsidy Scheme. Whathas prompted HYS to move away from her current status as a Band 1 school in the public sector? The answer is simple: HYS wishes to enhance the competitive edge of her students in the globalized world, to broaden their horizons, to pave the way to a better education and tosucceed in the society.

However, under the new academic structure, the Education Bureau has altered theprinciples to calculate the staffing establishment of subsidized schools, which would inevitablyreduce the resources available to HYS. Given this situation, how can we improve our existing module to guide our students through the next 75 years?

The "Band 1" status of HYS should not be taken for granted. Some might question why HYS does not attempt to raise funds through donations. HYS was not established as a schoolfor the wealthy, response to her fund-raising efforts has always been limited. Take a look at the fund-raising for the renovation of our swimming pool and locker room facilities in 2008: with all three Heep Yunn sections coming together, the proceeds from the fund-raising amounted to approximately $910,000, far from the original target of 10 million dollars.

HYS has to constantly evolve and improve herself, and so the School Council ofdecided to consider adapting to the more flexible DSS module, to allow our school to obtain resources from not only the government’s subsidy, but from the school fees as well, thus enhancing the quality of education to our students:

• Small-class teaching for all core subjects, with a teacher-student ratio of 1:20 in each classroom to address learner diversity.

• One teacher-mentor for each student for a period of six years starting from F.1. To facilitate whole person education, the mentor will provide guidance on different aspects of each student's personal growth, such as spiritual and ethical development, inter-personal relationships, time management skills, careers options etc.

• Increased teacher-student ratio to give support to different enhancement courses, from 57.5 teachers in 2012 to 100 teachers in 2017.

• Enhancement courses for all students (e.g. second foreign language courses in French and Spanish).