Subject Requirements

• HKDSE

  • The official homepage for the New Academic Structure is:

http://334.edb.hkedcity.net/EN/index.php

• • Curriculum Development Council (CDC), EDB and HKEAA had jointly conducting a review of the New Academic System (NAS) in 2012/13. Changes had been made. The updated (Feb. 2014) Curriculum and Assessment Guides (C&A) can be accessed from the following link:

http://334.edb.hkedcity.net/EN/curriculum.php

• HKDSE Examination Booklet

  • HKDSE subjects are divided into 3 categories including 24 subjects (core and elective), applied learning and other languages.

http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/

• School-based Assessment

  • One of the major features of HKDSE is the inclusion of School-based Assessment (SBA) into some of the subjects. After the first cohort, modifications and adjustments have been made. Parents and students are strongly advised to check the information carefully:

http://www. hkeaa.edu.hk/en/sba/

• • Most of the SBA will be scheduled in the second or the third year of the senior secondary studies. The School will post up the schedules in the intra-net (Parents’ eClass) in due course.

• HKDSE School-based Assessment: Information Booklet

  • The latest (Nov. 2013) SBA information booklet can be downloaded:

http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/DocLibrary/Media/Leaflets/SBA_pamphlet_E_web.pdf

• Subject information:

  • The curriculum and assessment guide of individual subject:

http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/

• English

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A1&1&2

• Chinese

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A1&1&1

• Mathematics

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A1&1&4

• Liberal Studies

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A1&1&3

• Language requirements in Liberal Studies

  • “…candidates have to indicate the language version for LS at registration and only the question paper in the language version chosen will be provided to candidates in the examination.”

• Physics

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&20

• Chemistry

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&7

• Biology

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&5

• Economics

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&11

• Geography

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&13

• History

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&15

• Chinese History

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&8

• Business, Accounting and Financial Studies

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&6

• Information & Communication Technology

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&16

• Design & Applied Technology

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&10

• Visual Arts

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&25

• Ethics and Religious Studies

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&12

• Physical Education

  • http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&19

• Applied Learning

  • http://334.edb.hkedcity.net/doc/eng/Applied_Learning_Curriculum_&_Assessment_Guide_E.pdf

• Assessment: (Subject information)

  • The HKEAA has produced a series of HKDSE Examination publications to provide more information on examination regulations and assessments, including the HKDSE Standards-referenced Reporting Information Packages of individual subjects with level descriptors and samples of student performance. These publications together with The Examination Report and Question Papers (ERQP) of the 2013 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination are available for sale at HKEAA offices and major bookshops.

  • For more details, please visit the following:

http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/Resources/publications/list_of_publications/

• Sample papers

  • HKDSE sample Papers can be downloaded from the subject information page, for example, sample papers of English Language can be found at:

http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/category_a_subjects/hkdse_subj.html?A1&1&2_3