The number of school children in Hong Kong continued to fall, causing a tide of shifts.A total of 63 schools in Hong Kong need to reduce the number of classes in the new school year.

Comprehensive Hong Kong Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily reported that according to the latest published 2022 primary school overview, compared to the class structure, it is found that according to the calculation of about 534 primary schools in Hong Kong, about 11%of elementary schools need to be reduced, of which 63 areThe school's small one to one to three classes is ranging from one to three classes, and five schools need to reduce two classes.

Among the 18 districts in Hong Kong, the number of schools in Tuen Mun District has the largest number. Nine primary schools are reduced each, followed by East District and Huang Daxian, each with six schools to reduce classes.There are four primary schools in Central and Western District, Wan Chai District, and Kowloon City.

Zhu Guoqiang, a member of the education community of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, believes that the tide of shrinking class is affected by the three major factors, including the issue of immigration, the aging of the population, and the failure to clear the customs and affect the new visit to Hong Kong to Hong Kong.

He said that the reduction of the class is expected, but the situation is worrying. There may be a crisis of "killing schools" and it will also fight the morale of teachers.He believes that the Hong Kong Government needs to absorb students in the Greater Bay Area and deal with the aging of the population in the long run.

The Hong Kong Education Bureau said that the six -year -old school -age population will be reduced from approximately 58,000 this year to about 48,000 in 2027., We cannot take the temporary maintenance status as a transitional measure, which will work with the study of the academic community and integrate school resources, and in order to stabilize the teaching environment with "soft landing".

The Education Bureau also said that the actual number of small groups in this school year must be determined after the number of students in the middle of September.On average, there are only 12 people per class, and the opening standards have been very loose. If the number of people in the opening class will be relaxed, it will not be conducive to establish an effective learning group and affect the quality of teaching.