HHCKLA Buddhist Ma Kam Chan Memorial English Secondary School
School Type
- Area：North District
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 2
- Medium of Instruction: Chinese and English
- School religion: Buddhism
School History
- Year of Establishment: 1993
- Organizer: Heung Hoi Ching Kok Lin Association
- Purpose of the school: Through Buddhist education, students can realize their own nature, make their thoughts pure and correct, and guide their words and behaviors to be sincere and courteous, in line with the norms of etiquette and law, so that they can become good citizens of the society.
- School Motto: Awareness and Integrity
- Management Structure: The school is based on the Buddhist philosophy of education, and the basic management beliefs of positivity and acceptance. Through appropriate empowerment, teachers with professional knowledge are in charge of different core groups. Policies are formulated through collective deliberation to ensure that the school's policies meet the needs of student development.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Ho Tak Sum
- Existing Principal: Mr. Fong Yick-leung
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 70
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 93%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 47%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 32%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 20%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 4%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 76%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is both English and Chinese.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Mathematics*, Life and Society, Chinese History, History, Buddhism, Putonghua, General Computer, Music, Visual Arts, Physical Education
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Integrated Science, Geography (S1 and S2), Integrated Humanities (S3)
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Mathematics (S6), Civic and Social Development, Chinese History, History, Chinese Literature, Visual Arts, Ethics and Religion, ICT, Health Management and Social Care, Tourism and Hospitality (S4, S5), Mathematics Extension: Module 2 (S6), Buddhism #, Physical Education #, Life Education #, Living Arts and Services # Music Studies and Arts Development #, Creative Technology # (# non-Diploma subject)
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance, Economics, Geography, Mathematics Extension: Module (2) (S4, S5), English Communication and English Drama # (# is not a Diploma subject)
School-wide language policy:
The senior secondary school implements mother-tongue or English language teaching by class and subject. The school has successfully applied for two language funds totaling $3.3 million to improve English learning and teaching. Teachers of the school were invited by the University of Hong Kong and the Education Bureau to share the design of English bridging teaching and were highly praised. In response to the language fine-tuning, the school has implemented English language teaching in Integrated Science, Geography and Integrated Humanities in all junior secondary classes, and all assignments and tests are designed in English, so that students will be able to use English to learn these two areas in senior secondary school.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Progress and summative assessments are emphasized. There are two standardized tests and two examinations throughout the year. Students are assessed on their daily work, learning attitudes, extracurricular activities, and extracurricular reading performance in order to promote student learning.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 5
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of Form 5 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 4
School fees:
School fees for Secondary 1 (S1) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for S2(S2) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for Secondary 3 (S3) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for S4 (S4) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
Tuition fees for S5 in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for Secondary 6 (S6) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participates in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places (CASPA). Admission criteria for S1 Discretionary Places: Academic Achievement 30%, Extra-curricular Activities 15%, Conduct and Attitude 25%, Interview Performance 30%.
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The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 2C
School Wind:
Buddhism emphasizes "self-awareness", and it is the belief of the school's teachers that every student has a conscious nature and that, with careful nurturing, students can reach great heights and reach great heights. This is the belief of the teachers of the school. Therefore, the school has implemented the "Live Life to the Fullest" project, which provides students with a rich variety of other learning experiences through the planning of self-governance practices, student activities, service and reflection, and is committed to fostering students' autonomy and self-benefiting and altruistic spirit through the use of incentives. The school is particularly concerned with the cultivation of students' potentials, and is committed to guiding students in developing their potentials. The whole program aims to enable students to experience the breadth and depth of life, to help them develop a sense of achievement and to achieve whole-person education.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- Students are expected to do their best and complete their assignments on time;
- Clear goals to support learning. Teachers can help students to identify the direction of further studies and enhance their motivation through the estimation of public examination results;
- Learning should be continuous and in-depth. All learning activities are curricularized and require students to have continuous and in-depth learning experiences;
- The whole school participates in the promotion of reading through measures such as whole-school morning reading and teachers' reading sharing;
- Students who have not turned in their homework will be required to stay in school on the same day to make up for the missed work, and teachers will provide appropriate counseling;
- Small class teaching is implemented in both Chinese and English according to learning needs, and a progressive approach is adopted to enhance students' project learning and reading skills, with emphasis on developing students' higher-order thinking. In addition to providing a wide range of subjects and activities for students to choose and participate in, the developmental nature of the curriculum and activities is also emphasized to enable students to progress continuously and be exposed to different learning experiences.
- In response to the outbreak of CKP, the school has endeavored to improve the arrangement of online teaching and to provide appropriate support to students in need. In addition, the school has arranged for students from the Mainland who are unable to return to Hong Kong to sit for the same examination in other places to ensure the fairness and accuracy of the assessment.
Teacher professional training and development:
Professional training is organized on the basis of students' needs and teachers' professional growth.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The entire staff of the school is involved in creating an inclusive environment to cater for the needs of diverse students through the collaboration of school policies, culture and practices.
Support measures:
- (c) To develop a policy for catering for special educational needs.
- Early identification of students' learning difficulties and support needs through the use of screening tools.
- Coordinate the work of social workers/counselors, educational psychologists, clinical psychologists, school-based speech therapists, and teachers.
- Provision of individual/group counseling services: External tutors are employed to provide services to 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; and organizing cultural integration activities.
School facilities:
The new wing of the school was completed in September 2004 and its facilities have been upgraded to the level of the Millennium Campus. The new facilities include a student activity center, a reading center, a computer-assisted learning room, an English room, and a conference room, etc. In addition, there is a creative technology room and a multi-purpose room which can accommodate more than 200 students. In addition, there is a Creative Technology Room and a Multi-Purpose Room with a capacity of over 200 students, which are convenient for students to study in school every day. All classrooms and auditoriums are air-conditioned, networked, and equipped with multimedia computers, projectors and visualizers. In addition, the old wing rooftop is being remodeled with three additional multi-purpose rooms and lifts to further improve the school's teaching facilities.
School contact information:
- Tel: 26699208
- Fax: 26698103
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.bmkc.edu.hk
- Address: 9 Luen Yick Street, Luen Wo Hui, Fanling, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
