Sixth associate of School Nominations Direct Admission Scheme opens for applications in October
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The Education Bureau (EDB) today (September 24) revealed that the 6th mate of the School Nominations Direct Admission Scheme (SNDAS) will be open for applications by regional Secondary Six trainees who will be taking the 2027 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination and starting their undergraduate research studies in September of the exact same year.
A representative for the EDB stated, “The SNDAS, launched in the 2022/23 academic year, aims to recognise students who possess exceptional talents in specific disciplines that may not be fully assessed through the HKDSE Examination. It allows students with special and diversified talents to be matched with programmes that suit their potential, providing opportunities for them to be considered for direct admission to local universities.”
The election duration for the 6th mate of the SNDAS will range from October 7 to December 2, 2026. Trainees who plan to request their favored programs through the SNDAS should be chosen by their secondary schools. Each regional secondary school might choose 2 trainees with remarkable skills and interests in particular disciplines/areas, and each trainee candidate might get admission to one designated University Grants Committee (UGC)-moneyed undergraduate program taking part in the SNDAS.
Taking part universities will set up interviews for all trainees chosen for the SNDAS and make direct admission provides to effective trainees prior to the release of the 2027 HKDSE Examination results.
The 8 UGC-funded universities have actually designated over 300 openly financed undergraduate programs to take part in the 6th friend of the SNDAS and set admission requirements for specific programs that are not based upon HKDSE Examination results. Information of the SNDAS and particular admission requirements of the taking part programs have actually been published to the plan’s site (www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/postsecondary/policy-doc/SNDAS/index.html).
The EDB included that the SNDAS was presented to offer an extra path to university for trainees with remarkable skills. Those chosen for the SNDAS, like other Secondary Six trainees, are needed to obtain admission to universities through the Joint University Programmes Admissions System in parallel and to sit for the HKDSE Examinations, making sure that they do not restrict their chances for more research studies.
The EDB established the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum in November 2017 to holistically examine the main and secondary school curricula. In its evaluation report to the EDB in September 2020, the Task Force advanced 6 directional suggestions, consisting of the execution of a brand-new direct admission plan to improve versatility in university admissions. The EDB accepted the suggestion and presented the SNDAS beginning with the 2022/23 scholastic year.