'Hong Kong University Entrance Exam to Add "Korean Language" Subject from 2025'
Using TOPIK Scores as University Entrance Exam Scores
Currently, 8 Countries Adopt Korean University Entrance Exams
[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] From 2025, the Korean language subject will be included in the second foreign language section of the Hong Kong university entrance examination.
On the 22nd, the Ministry of Education and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong announced that the National Institute for International Education and the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority will sign a memorandum of understanding to utilize the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) scores for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education.
The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority will establish the Korean language subject in the second foreign language section of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education from 2025 and officially use TOPIK scores as university entrance examination results. The second foreign language subjects in the Hong Kong university entrance exam currently consist of six languages: French, Japanese, German, Spanish, Hindi, and Urdu.
Notably, Hong Kong is the first to utilize the TOPIK in an overseas university entrance examination. The TOPIK evaluates the Korean language proficiency of overseas Koreans and foreigners, with about 330,000 test-takers last year. In Hong Kong, the test is held in April, July, and October, and since 2003, 30,826 people have taken it.
Currently, eight countries (Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, France, Australia, and New Zealand) have adopted Korean as a university entrance examination subject.
The National Institute for International Education and the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority agreed to use TOPIK for evaluating the second foreign language Korean subject and to hold the TOPIK twice a year in Hong Kong. The TOPIK results of examinees who choose the Korean subject in the Hong Kong university entrance exam will be provided to the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority as the highest score obtained within two years.
The Ministry of Education plans to hold briefing sessions on the Korean subject of the Hong Kong university entrance exam for local elementary and secondary schools in Hong Kong, jointly with the National Institute for International Education, the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, to guide the utilization of TOPIK within the Hong Kong university entrance exam.
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Jang Sang-yoon, Vice Minister of Education, said, "We expect the number of TOPIK test-takers in Hong Kong to increase and more elementary and secondary schools in Hong Kong to adopt Korean as a regular subject. We also anticipate that other countries will utilize TOPIK more extensively for university entrance and other purposes."
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