English to Chinese: Advocating for Equal Chances Ethnic Minority Education and Employment - EOC Maintains Close Watch on Government Measures to Enhance Chinese Learning by Ethnic Minority Students General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | |
Source text - English Many ethnic minorities (EM) continue to face various barriers, including in education and employment, to their full and equal participation in everyday life in Hong Kong. The obstacles stem in large part from the lack of support for Ems to learn Chinese in mainstream schools in the absence of a home language environment.
In the 2014 Policy Address, the Government announced education support measures for non-Chinese speaking (NCS) and/or ethnic minority students. These measures include providing a "Chinese Language Curriculum Second Language Learning Framework" and an Applied Learning (Chinese Language) subject at senior secondary levels pegged to the Qualification Framework, the latter as an alternative qualification for NCS students to enhance their employability. | Translation - Chinese 在香港,很多少數族裔一直面對各種障礙,包括學習和就業,他們甚至未能完全和公平地融入香港的日常生活。這些障礙主要因為主流學校缺乏母語的學習環境,未能提供足夠支援協助少數族裔學生學習中文。
在 2014 年的施政報告中,政府發佈了對非華語學生和 非華語學生和(或)少數族裔學生的支援措施。這些包括提供一個「中 支援措施。這些措施包括提供一個「中文課程外語學習框架 」及在資歷架構下的高中程度設置應用學習科(中文) 。對於非華語學生,應用學習科是另一提升他們就業能力的語文資格 。 |