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Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Early Childhood Education) 幼兒教育榮譽學士

BEd(ECE)

Short Description

This programme aims to prepare well-qualified graduates to enter the early childhood profession at the degree level. They will demonstrate the knowledge and dispositions required to design, implement and assess quality programmes for children from 0 to 8 years of age in care and education settings. They will be committed to life-long learning and able to inquire into practice and improve it, think creatively, reflect, make ethical decisions, and contribute to the quality of early childhood education in Hong Kong. Upon graduation, they will:

  1. be eligible to apply for registration with the Education Bureau and Social Welfare Department as kindergarten teachers, child care workers, and child care supervisors in Hong Kong;
  2. meet the academic qualification required by Education Bureau for kindergarten principals;
  3. be considered as having acquired training on the One-year In-service Course in Special Child Care Work, recognised by the Social Welfare Department (if they have successfully completed the specified courses in the Minor “Diversity in Early Years”); and
  4. be able to earn the International Baccalaureate Certificate in Teaching and Learning (if they have completed the Minor “Teaching and Learning in International Schools”).

Remarks:
Nil

Requirements

  • Programme Entrance Requirements
  • General Entrance Requirements
Same as General Entrance Requirements

Satisfactory performance in an admission interview.

Note:
Subject weightings may be adopted in the admission score calculation for particular programmes. Please click here for more information.  

Core Subjects Minimum Level
CHINESE LANGUAGE 3
CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Attained
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3
MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART 2
Elective Subject(s) Minimum Level
ANY 2 SUBJECTSNote 2

Note: Not more than one Applied Learning subjects, excluding Applied Learning Chinese


Remarks:

(1) Applied Learning (ApL) subject (Category B) graded “Attained with Distinction / Attained with Distinction (I)/(II)” is accepted as one of the elective subjects, excluding Applied Learning Chinese. For Bachelor’s degree, not more than one ApL subject will be counted as having met the requirement of an elective subject.

(2) The Mathematics Extended Part (M1/M2) is counted as an elective subject for the purpose of meeting the University’s GERs, but cannot be used as a substitute for the Mathematics Compulsory Part. If applicants have taken both M1 and M2, only the module with the best result will be taken into consideration.

(3) Other Language subjects (Category C) will be accepted as unspecified elective subjects. The minimum requirement is Grade E.

(4) For non-Chinese speaking (NCS) applicants who have met the specified circumstances as announced by the Education Bureau (EDB), the University accepts the Alternative Chinese Language (ACL) qualifications, such as GCE (A-level / AS-level) (Grade E), GCE (O-Level) (Grade C), GCSE (Grade C / Grade 4), IGCSE (Grade C / Grade 4) and HKDSE ApL(C) (Attained), as equivalent to Level 3 in DSE Chinese Language for meeting the minimum Chinese Language requirements and for calculation of the related admission scores, except for programmes which require students to have possessed a good command of Chinese.

(5) The admission scores will be the sum total of the level/grade values of the best five HKDSE subjects, regardless of whether they are core or elective subjects and excluding the Citizenship and Social Development subject.

(6) For Bachelor's degree programmes, the past result(s) of HKDSE Liberal Studies (Level 2 or above) attained in 2023 or before will be recognised for meeting the Citizenship and Social Development subject requirement in the GERs and will be included in the admission score calculation as long as the result is among the best five HKDSE subjects.

Calculation of scores for applicants with more than 1 sitting in HKDSE Examination

"Combined sittings" is accepted for meeting the GERs and for the calculation of admissions scores. If an applicant has taken the HKDSE examination in a subject more than once, the best result for that subject will be counted. There is no score deduction for repeated subjects.

First Year Tuition Fee

HK$ 42,100

Contacts

Admission Enquiries

Email: admission@eduhk.hk

Tel: (852) 2948 6886

Programme Leader
Dr Lam Pui Ching Jessie

Email: puiching@eduhk.hk

Tel: (852) 2948 7576

Programme Enquiries
Ms Olivia Chan

Email: ochan@eduhk.hk

Tel: (852) 2948 6792

Statistics

Application Statistics (after Modification of Programme Choices)

Year Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Total
2023 1287 929 1185 1123 898 5422
2022 1516 1055 1254 1279 1036 6140
2021 1406 919 1197 1245 923 5690
2020 1491 1039 1275 1334 1000 6139
2019 1503 1036 1291 1419 1098 6347
2018 1548 1033 1349 1468 1140 6538
2017 1492 1175 1490 1511 1264 6932
2016 1612 1289 1756 1854 1488 7999
2015 1911 1707 2241 2293 1926 10078
2014 2312 2099 2531 2531 2013 11486
2013 2858 2264 2688 2531 2231 12572
2012 1283 1263 2260 2611 2196 9613

Offer Statistics (as at the Announcement of the Main Round Offer Results)

Year Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Total
2023 35 1 0 0 0 36
2022 44 1 0 0 0 45
2021 51 0 0 0 0 51
2020 46 0 0 0 0 46
2019 40 0 0 0 0 40
2018 20 0 0 0 0 20
2017 17 0 0 0 0 17
2016 13 0 0 0 0 13
2015 21 0 0 0 0 21
2014 21 0 0 0 0 21
2013 25 0 0 0 0 25
2012 24 0 0 0 0 24