Admitting Ethnic Minority Kindergarteners: Overcoming Challenges and Identifying Opportunities

https://www.eoc.org.hk/Upload/files/funding%20programme/1_R-202021-116_Research%20Report_with%20Executive%20Summary_Final_update_v.pdf Since the 2019/20 academic year, the Government has subsidized kindergartens under the Kindergarten Education Scheme (KES) to encourage local kindergartens to admit ethnic minority (EM) students. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the scheme, the School of Education and Languages of Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) and the Hong Kong Child-rity Association (HKCRA) jointly conducted a research project titled “Admitting Ethnic Minority Kindergarteners: Overcoming Challenges and Identifying Opportunities”. HKMU and the HKCRA released the research findings today (23 June), which revealed that half of the kindergartens interviewed admitted more EM students because of the new subsidy. It also found that kindergartens typically involved EM students and ethnic Chinese students in the same classroom activities, but many kindergartens find the lack of human resources to be the biggest obstacle in admitting EM students. The study, funded by the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC), was conducted from May to July 2021 and involved interviews with 161 kindergartens that had joined the KES. Follow-up telephone interviews were also conducted with representatives of 10 selected kindergartens in July 2021. This project is the first academic study adopting the Strength-based Approach to review how kindergartens provide education and care for EM kindergarten students under the new subsidy. The findings will help improve training and support for kindergarten teachers, as well as provide information to facilitate relevant policies for young children of different ethnicities.

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