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SOSC 103D Social Inequality in HK Lecture 23: Education Expansion in Hong Kong.
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SOSC 103DSocial Inequality in HK
Lecture 23: Education Expansion in Hong
Kong
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Education
Education and Equality of Opportunities Macro: Maintain a fair and open system Micro: Obtain social mobility within the system
Education policies and Modes of mobility
Sponsored mode (England)
Contest mode (American)
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2 modes of mobility Product of social (folk) norms
The accepted mode of upward mobility shapes the school system
Determine the development of education policies Affect social ethos and norms Legitimate the social control
Affect children and parents’ ethos and decisions
Individuals’ strategies within the school system Inequalities in both of the school systems
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Educational Expansion
Major expansion after WWII
Main Aim: Increase educational opportunities for all Provide equal footing of competition
Results of the expansion: From Elite-oriented system to Mass-oriented
system
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How about Hong Kong?
2 stages of education expansion:
1. During the 1970s expansion of the lower level of education introduction of compulsory education 1971: 6 years of primary education 1978: additional 3 years of secondary
education
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1966 Star Ferry Riot
5 cents fare increase
Grievance under the colonial rules
Empowered by the revolutions (e.g. PRC)
A group of unruly youth
A long running fear of youth
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A long running fear of youth (cont’)
Reservoir of youth sentiments
(1966 report): Reality: Post-war population
composition Recommendation:
channel the energy prevent delinquency invest in grammar schools and
vocational trainings
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Education expansion in HK (con’t)
2. During the 1980s and 1990s: expansion of tertiary education increase the number of universities increase the number of tertiary institutes proportion of students in tertiary education
(3% ~ 2,000 20%) Various financial assistance scheme for
students in higher education
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Social context
Pre-handover period: Brain-drain (emigration)
Rose garden project
Post-handover period: Economic downturn
Increased (youth unemployment rate)
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Results of education expansion
Credential society (Randall Collins, 1979) Distortion of education Examination and degree-oriented
Inflation of credential Imbalance in demand and supply Waste of resources Continuous inflation
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Results of education expansion (cont’)
Composition of University Students in 1981 and 2001 (David Post, 2003 p.558)
44.1%
20.7%
15.3%
19.8%
19.9%
17.6%
24.2%
38.4%
Poorest quarter
Lower middle quarter
Upper middle quarter
Richest quarter
Persistent inequality
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Readings:
David Post (2003) “Post-Secondary Education in Hong Kong,” in Asian Survey, 43(6): 989-1011