Education in Macau - System of Education

System of Education

Education in Macau, China
Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e Juventude
Director
Subdirector
Subdirector(SUBSTITUIÇÃO)
Sou Chio Fai
Sílvia Ribeiro Osório Ho
Leong Lai
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Primary languages Chinese and English, Portuguese

At present, most schools in Macau follow a so-called ″local education system″ . That is, nine years primary school education and three years for senior secondary school education up to Form 6. In their senior secondary school years, students are usually required to stream in science, commerce, or arts. Pupils who plan to study further would usually sit for the exam organised by the higher education institutes, or international assessment bodies like Edexcel, CIE and College Board, or the related government bodies in mainland China and Taiwan.

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