Cram schools in Hong Kong

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Cram schools are referred as Tutorial schools, or Po Tsap She (Chinese: 補習社 Jyutping: bou2 zaap6 se5) in Hong Kong. According to the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong, a third of secondary school students went for private tutoring in the 2004-05 school year, spending a total of HK$18.9 million per month.^[1]The whole industry is estimated to be worth more than HK$400 million.^[2]

Tutors in Hong Kong are often promoted as "stars", for their personal charisma as well as their academic qualifications. They can be seen on billboards, full-page newspaper ads and TV screens in railway stations or on buses. Some of them have their own teams of stylists, fashion designers and photographers, as well as personal Web sites.^[1]The most successful of them have an annual salary of HK$10 million.^[2] Some of the tutors, or "presenters", are model-turned.^[1][3]

The tutorial schools in Hong Kong focus on the two major local public examinations, namely HKCEE and HKALE. They teach students the techniques of answering questions in the examinations, as well as providing students tips on which topics may appear on the coming examination.

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