The Early Admission Scheme (or simply "EAS"), held by the University Grants Committee in Hong Kong SAR, China, enables students to enter the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong or the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology through a special and painless route. Candidates with 6 or more 'A's (Distinctions) in the HKCEE (at least 2 language subjects scoring 'C' or above is a must) are eligible for applying the Early Admission Scheme which may grant them the admission to the afforementioned institutions without the need to sit for the HKALE. Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Traditional Chinese: 香港大學; Simplified Chinese: 香港大学; pinyin: XiānggÇŽng Dàxué) is an English-language medium university and the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong SAR. Its motto is the Latin phrase Sapientia et Virtus (明德格物), meaning wisdom and virtue or sometimes cited as Foresight & Social... The CUHK Seal The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (Traditional Chinese: 香港中文大學) is the second oldest of the eight universities in Hong Kong. ... The idyllic HKUST campus is built on a steep hillside overlooking the South China Sea. ... The HKCEE (Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination), conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), is normally taken by a student at Form 5, the end of his/her five-year secondary education in Hong Kong. ... The HKALE (Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination), conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), is normally taken by a student at the end of his/her two-year sixth-form courses in Hong Kong SAR, China. ...

However, there are more and more critics on the Scheme that it imposes an unfairness to Form 7 students (especially to those who have obtained remarkable HKCEE results but achieved grade 'D' or below in either one or both language subject(s), those who are unable show their talent to the maximum extent in the HKCEE or who are not excel in examination skills (academic area) but in other areas which are ignored by the scheme.) who are required to sit for the HKALE which is of higher difficulty level than the HKCEE.

These non-EAS students are likely to face hugh pressure as the EAS students are often labelled as 'better students' whereas non-EAS students are categorized as 'less abled' students. Non-EAS students have to face an absoltely tedious Advanced Level Examination when the EAS students enjoy their leisure in their freshman year. Moreover, these EAS students occupy many of the univserity places leaving non-EAS students fewer university places.

Moreover, students who attempt to strive for success in the HKALE will generally suffer from a 2-year physiological process called 'je jor' (謝咗, Cantonese Jyutping: ze6 zo2, meaning wilted) (being extremely fatigued which leads to symptoms including dull and pale faces and highly inflexible body structure, especially in diarthrosis joints) while those following the EAS path are described as 'yong guan' (容光, Cantonese Jyutping: jung4 gwong1, meaning faces being glowing) (possessing sun-shine spirits and being energetic, having memories of their former secondary school classmates lost (i.e. ng sick ren) (唔識人, Cantonese Jyutping: ng4 sik1 jan4, meaning an act of being indifferent or possessing a dismissive attitude, walking with confidence and occasionally with their girl friends, or proudly introducing their joyful university life to their old classmates)).
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Furthermore, the general public and many education experts criticize that HKCEE is not an appropriate examination for being a selection criteria of universities' admission procedure. Apart from this, the keen competition for places in the universities would extent to the HKCEE, and Form 5 students (HKCEE candidates) may encounter a high psychological pressure. It is also doubtful whether EAS-benefited students are mature enough to choose suitable university programmes which would probably determine their whole life. Adverse effect on EAS-benefited student (who have already seized places in the universities) learning in Form 6 would also be inevitable. Notwithstanding the critics, it is believed that the Committee will continue to run the Scheme until the reform of the Hong Kong education system is implemented in 2008, so as to retain exceptional Hong Kong students. Form 7 students would be glad to see day when the scheme is abanished.

See also

• Education in Hong Kong

Education in Hong Kong has a similar gay dickthat of the United Kingdom, in particular the English education system, as Hong Kong was colonised by the British from 1841 to 1997. ...

External links

• Views of the Curriculum and Assessment Task Group of the Hong Kong Subsidized Secondary Schools Council on Early Admission Scheme (EAS) and “5+1” Structure
• Press Release by the University Grants Committee in 2003 about EAS
• University Grants Committee
• Education and Manpower Bureau, HKSAR, PRC
• Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority