Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College
School Type
- District: Tai Po
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Buddhism
School History
- Year of establishment: 2009
- Organizer: Hong Kong Buddhist Association and Tai Kwong Yuen Ltd.
- Mission: With the school motto of "Wisdom and Compassion," the school strives to cultivate the whole person in its students by applying the six values of "morality, intellectuality, physical fitness, social skills, aesthetics, and spirituality"; and, in the spirit of Buddha's compassion, it strives to improve students' performance and implement Buddhist education to cultivate good morals and establish a correct outlook on life, so that the pillars of society can be nurtured.
- School Motto: Wisdom and Compassion
- Management Structure: School-based management is practiced. The Principal, Vice-Principals and Chairpersons of the Academic Affairs, Learning Support, Information Technology, School Development, Discipline and Guidance, Moral Education, Extra-curricular Activities, Religious Affairs, General Affairs and Career Planning Sections form the School Administrative Committee (SAC).
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Fan Sze-chor
- Current Principal: Winnie Leung
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 53
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 98%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 53%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 40%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 32%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 15%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 53%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly Chinese.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Mathematics*, Science*, Chinese History, Buddhist Moral and Values Education*, General Computer*, Geography*, History*, Life and Society, Music, Visual Arts*, Physical Education, Design and Technology, Home Economics*, Putonghua (S.1-2), Career Planning (S.1-2)
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Compulsory Subjects: Chinese Language, Mathematics, Civic and Social Development Elective Subjects: Chinese History, Geography, Tourism and Hospitality*, Information and Communication Technology, Visual Arts, Biology*, Chemistry*, Physics*, Ethics and Religion*, Economics*, Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance, Mathematics (Extended Part - Module 2)
Non-public examination subjects: Buddhist Moral and Values Education, Physical Education, Growth and Development (S4), Career Planning (S5), Physical Education and STEM Program (S5), Vocational English (S6), Music (S4-6)
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
School-wide language policy:
- The school implements mother-tongue teaching and emphasizes basic training in biliteracy and trilingualism to cultivate a good foundation in the language.
- Optimize the school-based English curriculum and teaching materials to enhance the effectiveness of teaching.
- Organize activities such as English Day, English Debate Workshop, Daily News, and Lunchtime English Tea, etc. to create an all-round English learning environment and encourage students to use English more often for communication.
- Some subjects have implemented cross-curricular "English Extended Learning Activities" to enhance students' effectiveness in learning English.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
- A standardized test and two sectional tests are held annually to report students' academic performance to parents in sections.
- Students are assessed on an ongoing basis, and class participation and coursework performance are integrated into a flat score that is calculated into semester grades.
- To promote student learning through diversified assessment strategies, such as classroom activities, subject competitions, project-based learning, tests and examinations, and to review students' learning status and progress.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 3
- 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: 3
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 3
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 under the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System. The admission criteria and weightings for S1 Discretionary Places are set out below:
In-school grades, including academic, extracurricular, and service performance: 30%; Interview: 30%; Conduct: 40%.
How is the Buddhist Tai Kwong Tsz Hang Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3B
School Wind:
- To actively promote a culture of inclusion throughout the school and to create a harmonious campus.
- The theme of value and character education in this school year is commitment, care and sense of responsibility. Through cross-curricular collaboration, we develop school-based value education programs and promote classroom management effectiveness, cultivate students' good learning attitudes and habits, and establish positive thinking and values.
- To implement the "I Can Do It Award Scheme" to encourage students' active participation, enhance their sense of success and cultivate a responsible attitude towards self-governance.
- Regular "Classroom Teacher Meetings" are held at each grade level to provide comprehensive care for student growth.
- Organize diversified social groups or team activities to cultivate students' character.
- Growth and Development (SEL) is introduced in Form 4 to enhance students' positive motivation and resilience, and to build up positive emotions and character.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- The curriculum is designed to be student-centered, emphasizing balanced and holistic development of students.
- Additional teachers and teaching assistants have been recruited to promote teacher-student exchanges and interactions and to cater for the diversity of student learning.
- All Chinese, English and Mathematics subjects are grouped according to students' abilities and differentiated teaching is promoted. Curriculum and teaching materials are adapted according to students' abilities to cater for students with different abilities and learning styles.
- We make good use of assessment data to continuously understand students' academic abilities, adjust teaching strategies, and enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching.
- Provide a variety of after-school academic support programs, such as core subject enrichment classes, homework tutorial classes, school-based English enrichment classes, small group learning classes, and academic achievement enhancement classes.
Teacher professional training and development:
- (c) Enhancing professional training for students with SEN. Apart from organizing regular experience-sharing sessions for teachers and inviting professional bodies to give talks on specific topics in schools, teachers are also encouraged to participate in professional training courses organized by tertiary institutions.
- In core subjects, common lesson preparation sessions are organized to develop a collaborative mode of collective lesson preparation by teachers to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning.
- To implement a self-evaluation mechanism to review the quality of learning and teaching through regular lesson inspections and questionnaire surveys on student learning in various subjects.
- The development of e-learning and the enhancement of relevant training for teachers will promote diversified teaching and enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching.
- Enhance the assessment quality of teachers and promote e-assessment to systematically identify students' strengths and weaknesses for early intervention to provide suitable learning support to students.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
1. To set up a Learning Support Unit comprising Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs), Special Educational Needs Support Teachers (SENSTs), Social Workers and School-based Educational Psychologists (SBEPSs) to provide support in the areas of Learning and Teaching, Learning and Growing, Home-School Co-operation, and Teachers' Professional Development.
2. In the area of learning and teaching, the Small Group Learning Scheme has been implemented, with the principle of "small steps" being adopted in designing appropriate curricula and encouraging peer learning circles. In addition, in order to cultivate active learning among students, we have set up relaxing "attack" days to support students' learning needs in all aspects and to consolidate the foundation of students' subjects.
3. In terms of student growth, lunchtime and after-school growth activities are organized to enhance students' social skills. In addition, we collaborate with the Career Planning Unit to provide career-oriented courses and communication skills training for students to plan their future directions.
4. In terms of home-school cooperation, the Learning Support Team conducts regular student case conferences with parents and provides parents with a "Student Support Digest" to keep them informed of their students' learning progress.
5. For teachers' professional development, school-based educational psychologists and social workers are invited to provide training for teachers and share the policies and support strategies for taking care of students' learning and personal growth. To actively participate in the School-based Support Program (SEN) of the Education Bureau to closely link teachers' continuing professional development, school-based curriculum development and school development to facilitate student learning.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The school provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: providing after-school Chinese learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; and organizing cultural integration activities.
School facilities:
The school is air-conditioned and all classrooms are equipped with a comprehensive network system and audio-visual equipment, including projection screens, computers, physical projectors and LCD projectors. The campus is also equipped with a wireless network. Other facilities include laboratories, computer rooms, and a multimedia learning center, as well as a meditation room, an English self-learning center, a STEM room, a campus TV station, a fitness room, a shooting room, a sewing room, and a counseling room.
School contact information:
- Phone: 26640833
- Fax: 26646687
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.btkchc.edu.hk
- Address: 4 Chui Yee Street, Tai Po, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
