Hong Kong should greater than double the variety of secondary college pupils finding out advanced maths to make sure a ample pipeline of students pursuing science and expertise programs at college and careers in these sectors, in keeping with the head of a curriculum evaluation.
The authorities plans to evaluation the admission rating calculations for a few of the universities’ science, expertise, engineering, arts and arithmetic (STEAM) programmes, in addition to revamp the mix of associated elective topics in secondary faculties with the intention of encouraging extra students to take advanced maths.
Ng Tai-kai, the chairman of the Curriculum Development Council Standing Committee on STEAM schooling, advised the South China Morning Post that many future jobs would require staff to have information of advanced maths, however the variety of students finding out the mandatory topics remained low.
“Many university STEAM programmes require students to study the two extended maths modules, commonly known as M1 and M2 … but the current number studying these subjects is far from sufficient,” he mentioned.
Mathematics is a core topic of the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), Hong Kong’s college entrance examination. Students can select to review prolonged modules in calculus and statistics (M1) or calculus and algebra (M2) if faculties supply them.
According to examination authorities, 9,114 students will sit for the M1 or M2 exams within the 2026 DSE, representing solely 20 per cent of the full variety of students taking the core maths examination.