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Education

purposes. The programme is run by seven self-financing institutions and may be taken either full-time or part-time. In 2015-16, more than 4,200 students enrolled in the programme.

Evening Secondary Courses

In the 2015-16 school year, around 1,300 adult students enrolled in evening secondary courses at designated centres operated by Approved Course Providers under the Financial Assistance Scheme for Designated Evening Adult Education Courses.

Student Achievements

Hong Kong students excelled in international competitions in 2015. Hong Kong teams won a total of four gold, 12 silver and three bronze medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad, the International Physics Olympiad, the International Olympiad in Informatics and International Junior Science Olympiad.

Hong Kong students ranked second in both reading and scientific literacy and third in mathematical literacy in the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted in 2012. PISA is an international survey co-ordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which measures the reading, mathematical and scientific literacy of 15-year-old students every three years. The 2012 survey assessed students in 65 economies.

In music, Hong Kong students won one gold prize, four silver prizes and one bronze prize in the 16th International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia, one third prize in the 64th ARD International Music Competition in Munich, and two second prizes in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in 2015.

In visual arts, Hong Kong students won two Hong Kong Grand Prizes in the International Students' Visual Arts Contest-cum-Exhibition of Hong Kong, the Best Individual in the International On-site Painting Competition of the 'Small Monmartre of Bitola, the Winner in the Nautilus Patch Design Contest, as well as one special award and the youngest winner award in the 7th Nakamura Keith Haring Collection International Children's Drawing Contest.

In sports, Hong Kong students won two gold and two silver medals in the Italian Junior and Cadet Open-Table Tennis; third runner-up in Girls Athletics in the Asian School Championships, and came first in a variety of sports events in the Schools Interport Competitions. Hong Kong young athletes won the Asia Rugby U20 Sevens Series; three silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Squash Individual Championship 2015; one gold, two silver and two bronze medals in the U-23 Asian Fencing Championships 2015; one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in the 21st Asian Junior Rowing Championships 2015; and 29 gold, 25 silver and 24 bronze medals in the Asian Rope Skipping Championships 2015.

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