The Chinese Christian Council Cheung Chau Kam Kong Tong Primary School announced yesterday that it would distribute a special scholarship to every Primary One student next school year, with the Education Bureau saying that the admissions methods were inappropriate and unethical. The university issued a statement today saying that yesterday's notice involved "technical problems", which caused public concern or misunderstanding, and was deeply disturbed, and would improve the mechanism for releasing news to the outside world.

President Yip Cheong-rui said in an inquiry from Hong Kong 01 that yesterday's expression was incomplete, denying that the additional scholarship was to distribute money to each person, but to help students develop their potential beyond their studies, without the need for income and asset checks, and only need to provide information to prove their ability in certain aspects to apply. He stressed that the scholarship "is 100% produced for Primary One admission", but can be regarded as a highlight of the school.

President Yip Changrui said in an inquiry from Hong Kong 01 that yesterday's expression by the school was incomplete, denying that the additional scholarship was distributed to everyone. (Profile picture)

Yip Cheung Shui, Principal of Cheung Chau Kam Kong Tong Primary School, said that the scholarship launched by the school-sponsoring body is to cooperate with the development of the school, hoping to help students develop multiple intelligences, with a ceiling of $10,000 per person. In terms of application requirements, he pointed out that students only need to prove potential beyond their studies, such as "demonstrated ability" in school observation, good results in external competitions, and a certain degree of commitment to interests. He emphasized, "The competition must not have results, (potential) must be physical art, leadership ability can be considered."

There is no means test for scholarships to help students develop their potential

The Special Scholarship has no income and asset test, and is capped at $10,000 per person, funded by the sponsoring body. Ye Changrui said that the scholarship is encouraged, and students can use the prize money to participate in study classes and purchase the necessary tools. Asked if students could apply more than once, he said the school reserved flexibility in this regard. As for why the scholarship is only for next year's Primary One students, rather than the whole school, he explained that this scholarship is a new attempt, hoping to help the development of multiple intelligences in young children first, at this stage, it cannot be promoted in the whole school, involving financial use, "you can spend money indiscriminately", but stressed that after the trial in the first year, the school plans to extend it to different grades year by year.

In response to the Education Bureau's criticism of the inappropriate and unethical practice of using scholarships for admissions, he claimed that the information on the "Special Scholarship" posted by the school on its website and social media platforms yesterday was inaccurate and incomplete, describing it as "leaking the word", corrected the post on the same day, and received a telephone call from the Education Bureau on the same day. He stressed that the scholarship "is 100% for Primary One admission", but can be regarded as a highlight of the school.

The university issued a statement today saying that yesterday's scholarship notice did not give specific details and also involved "technical problems". (Profile picture)

The university issued a statement today, saying that yesterday's scholarship notice did not explain the specific details, and also involved "technical problems", which caused public concern or misunderstanding, and was deeply disturbed, and would improve the mechanism for releasing news to the outside world.

Secretary for Education Ms Choi Ruolian summed up her visit to Beijing this afternoon (27th) and said that she was very concerned about this, and pointed out that if the school purely uses money or material to retain students, the practice is debatable and may also convey incorrect values to students.

The university issued a statement today, saying that the scholarship announcement did not explain the specific details, and also involved "technical problems", which caused public concern or misunderstanding and was deeply disturbed, and would improve the mechanism for releasing news to the outside world. (Profile picture)

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