United Christian College (Kowloon East)
Wui Kei College (East Kowloon) is a DSS school located in Kwun Tong. The school accepts both male and female students and is a Band 1 school. The medium of instruction is mainly English. Founded in 2003, the school is organized by the Wui Kei College Limited, which is a Christian school.
Application for S1 admission:
The School does not accept applications for S1 Discretionary Places and does not participate in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
School Type
- District: Kwun Tong
- School Type: DSS
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 1
- Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
- School religion: Christianity
School History
- Year of establishment: 2003
- School Sponsor: Wui Kei College Limited
- Mission: To help students discover, recognize and fully develop their God-given potentials to become people of faith, morality, knowledge, culture and ideals. During the course of study, students will be able to identify their goals and directions in life, establish a positive outlook on life, strengthen their ability for lifelong learning, lay the foundation for further education, develop a sense of responsibility to society, and act according to God's will for them.
- School motto: To be clear, to be masterful, to be diligent and to be virtuous.
- Management Structure: The school was founded by the Wui Kei College Limited, which is a joint venture of the International Mission Board, the Methodist Church and the Evangelical Formosan Church. Members of the School Council are enthusiastic about Christian education and have an open and transparent management style. The School Council supports the work of the teachers in order to build up a cohesive management culture.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Chan Jor-kin
- Existing Principal: Kenneth Cheng
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 84
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education : 87%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Masters/Doctoral Degrees: 45%
- Percentage of teachers with special education training: 23%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 50%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 12%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 38%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly English.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Bible, Physical Education, Life and Society
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), Information Technology, STEM, Geography, History, Music, Visual Arts, Business (S3)
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese Literature, Chinese History, Physical Education, Ethics and Religion, Civics and Social Development, Bible (Christian Ethics), Bible (Christian Studies)
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, English Literature, Mathematics (Core and Extended Modules 1 and 2), Physics, Chemistry, Biology, ICT, Geography, History, Economics, Visual Arts, Tourism and Hospitality, Enterprise, Accounting and Introduction to Finance (Accounting and Business Management)
School-wide language policy:
The school uses English as the medium of instruction and most subjects are taught in English. Individual classes in the junior high school use Putonghua to teach Chinese language. In addition to biliteracy and trilingualism, Japanese and French classes are also offered.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Test accommodations for students diagnosed with SEN, such as extending the duration of tests, providing short breaks for long papers, or exempting individual subjects from tests.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 4
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 4
School fees:
- Secondary 1 (S1) Tuition Fee for School Year 2022-2023: $28700
- S2(S2) Tuition Fee for School Year 2022-2023: $28700
- Tuition fee for Secondary 3 (S3) in the 2022-2023 school year: $28000
- S4 (S4) Tuition Fee for the 2022-2023 school year: $28700
- S5 (S5) Tuition Fee for School Year 2022-2023: $28700
- Tuition fee for Secondary 6 (S6) in the 2022-2023 school year: $28000
Tuition fee remission: Free of charge or 1/2 fee remission is available. Needy students (including students from families on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) and students receiving financial assistance from the Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) of the Working Families and Student Financial Assistance Agency (WFSFA)) may apply for fee remission.
New students can submit their applications for fee remission within 2 weeks after the start of the school year, and the results will be announced one month after the application is submitted. Even after the application deadline, students can apply for fee remission immediately if there are changes in their families.
For details of the school's fee remission scheme including the family income limits, please visit the online version of the website athyperlinkThe
How is Wui Kee College (East Kowloon)?
Wui Kee College (Kowloon East) Band幾:
Ranking of Wui Kei College (Kowloon East) Estimated Band 1B-1A
School Wind:
Teachers are loving and caring, and the whole school is filled with a harmonious and caring learning atmosphere, based on biblical truths. In order to cater for the needs of the students, the school has a head teacher and deputy head teacher, an educational psychologist, a social worker and a student counselor in the school. We maintain regular contact with parents. In addition to the Parent-Teacher Association, we hold Parents' Day, Parents' Evening Meeting and S1 Saturday Parents' Seminar, as well as Parents-Teachers' Talks on a regular basis. The school also attaches great importance to parent education, and has established a Christian Church to care for and pastor parents and students, as well as organizing a Parents' Academy to help parents understand the way of discipline.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school emphasizes biblical instruction, biliteracy, trilingualism, mindset training, and offers a diverse curriculum.
In order to cultivate students' habits of active learning and good character, the school will:
- Building Learning Communities;
- Interactive learning through the use of information technology;
- To broaden the scope of learning and consolidate the strength of the community;
- To develop school-based STEM programs to nurture students' skills in related topics;
- Cultivate an attitude of "self-directed learning" to enhance learning effectiveness.
Teacher professional training and development:
- Equip teachers with the skills to initiate action research;
- Identify ways to enhance learning strategies in the discipline through action research;
- Enhance support for new faculty and middle management.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
- Provide small group teaching and counseling for high school SEN students facing learning difficulties;
- To help SEN students develop interpersonal skills through executive function training and sand painting activities;
- Caritas Social Service Center provides social skills group training for students in need;
- Meditation sessions for SEN students and parents;
- To provide regular on-site educational psychologist service for students in need.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The School provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive Chinese language teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning, group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; and organizing cultural integration activities. Learning of journalism and Chinese history and culture is also provided, as well as co-curricular activities and career planning to help students' whole-person development.
School facilities:
The Millennium Campus, which includes 5 standard laboratories, 1 STEM laboratory, 1 astrolabe, 2 computer rooms, library, geography room, music room and 2 art rooms. In addition to the auditorium, there is a multi-purpose indoor arena, a dance studio, a campus TV station, a soccer field, a long jump pool, a student activity room, two basketball courts, two rock-climbing walls, and three dining halls. The Student Residence and Complex has a swimming pool, student dormitories, lecture hall, two gymnasiums, chapel and activity rooms.
School contact information:
- Tel: 23436677
- Fax: 27900077
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.uccke.edu.hk
- Address: 2 Lee On Lane, Kwun Tong, Kln.
Related information:
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- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia of the Wui Kei College (East Kowloon)
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
