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Education in Macau

1.
Systems of Education

1.1.
Chinese education system

1.2.
English education system

1.3.
Portuguese education system

2.
Mediums of Instruction
3.
Result of PISA
4.
Higher Education

4.1.
University of Macau

4.2.
Macau Polytechnic Institute

4.3.
Macau University of Science and Technology

5.
See also

Other Macau topics

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- Education - Economy
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History -
Politics&Gov.
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Most of the schools in Macau are private or
subsidized schools. There are only a few government or public schools, in which
Portuguese is used
as a medium of instruction or taken as a compulsory subject in Macau. A basic
ten-year compulsory, free education, is offered to those
students who have been enrolled in the schools which have met certain
requirements stipulated by the government.

Moreover, the majority of the schools in Macau are so-called grammar schools, which
offer language learning, mathematics, science subjects,
social studies, etc. to
the students. There are only a few vocational schools in
Macau, offering technical subjects such as car repairing, electronics, electrical
engineering, etc.

As prescribed by the Basic Law of Macau
Chapter VI Article 121, the Government of Macau
shall, on its own, formulate policies on education, including policies
regarding the educational system and its administration, the language of instruction, the
allocation of funds, the examination system, the
recognition of educational qualifications and the system of academic awards so
as to promote educational development. The government shall also in accordance
with law, gradually institute a compulsory
education system. Community organisations and individuals may, in accordance
with law, run educational undertakings of various kinds.

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Systems 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

General Details

Primary Languages:

Chinese and English, Portuguese

v • d • e

Macau does not have its own universal education system for the time being. In
this way, schools in Macau follow different educational systems that reflect
their goals and visions. In general, there are three types of educational
systems, namely, the Chinese educational system, the English educational system,
and the Portuguese educational system.

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Chinese education
system

In those schools adopting the Chinese educational system, students attend six
years of schooling for their primary school education,
up to primary 6, three years for junior secondary school
education, and two years for senior high school education up to
Form 5, and some schools up to Form 6. In their senior secondary school years,
students are required to stream in science, commerce, or arts.

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English education
system

In those schools adopting the English educational system, students attend six
years of schooling for their primary school education, three years for junior
secondary school education, two years for senior secondary school education, and
one to two years for their matriculation. Students in their senior secondary
school years are required to stream in science, commerce, or arts. Furthermore,
after the completion of their secondary school education, students are required
to sit for the General
Certificate of Education (GCE) directed by different educational boards,
such as the Edexcel and the CIE.

[edit]
Portuguese education
system

In those schools adopting the Portuguese educational system, students attend
four years for their basic education, five years for their junior secondary
school education, and three years for their senior school education. Portuguese
is used as a medium of instruction for most of the subjects. In recent years,
English learning has been put into more focus. Moreover, with the return of
Macau to China, the Portuguese schools, which originally followed strictly the
curricula of the Portuguese educational system, plans to reform their curricula
and incorporate Mandarin learning as a compulsory subject into their
curricula.

In recent years, the Macau government has made an attempt to unify the
educational system. In other words, it plans to standardize the number of years
attended by students from different educational systems. However, such an
attempt has not been well accepted by the educational circles, especially those
from the schools that follow the English system.

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Mediums of
Instruction

Regarding language learning in Macau, Chinese and English are offered in
most of the schools. Portuguese is also
taught as a subject in some schools in Macau. As Macau has become a special
administrative region of the People's
Republic of China in 1999, Mandarin or Putonghua is widely taught in
most schools in Macau. Some other languages such as French may also be
offered in a few schools.

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Result of PISA

Pui
Ching, a secondary school in Macau

The Programme
for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial worldwide
test of 15-year-old schoolchildren's scholastic performance, the implementation
of which is coordinated by the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). PISA was first mooted in
1997 . Macau was being rated the 6th and 5th in the part of problem solving and science. The
results of each period of assessment normally take at least a year to be
analysed. The first results for PISA 2000 came out in 2001 (OECD, 2001a) and
2003 (OECD, 2003c), and were followed by thematic reports studying particular
aspects of the results. The evaluation of PISA 2003 was published in two
volumes: Learning for Tomorrow’s World: First Results from PISA 2003
(OECD, 2004) and Problem Solving for Tomorrow’s World – First Measures of
Cross-Curricular Competencies from PISA 2003 (OECD, 2004d) Here is an
overview of the six places with the highest scores in 2003 (the tables for
maths and reading literacy excluded):

Science

Problem solving

1.

Finland

548

1.

Japan

548

3.

Hong Kong

539

4.

South Korea

538

5.

Liechtenstein

525

5.

Australia

525

5.

Macau

525

1.

South Korea

550

2.

Finland

548

2.

Hong Kong

548

4.

Japan

547

5.

New Zealand

533

6.

Macau

532

The most recent PISA results from the 2006 survey
were released in 2007. Macau is one of the top 10
performing countries or regions in the field of mathematics.

Mathematics

1.

Taiwan

2.

Finland

3.

Hong Kong

4.

South Korea

5.

Netherlands

6.

Switzerland

7.

Canada

8.

Macau

9.

Liechtenstein

10.

Japan

...

The  United States ranked
35th out of a total of 57 countries in the math
survey

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Higher education

University of
Macau

See also: List of
universities in Macau

Main higher-learning institutions include:

Asia
International Open University (Macau)

Institute
for Tourism Studies

University of
Saint Joseph

Kiang
Wu Nursing College of Macau

Macau
University of Science and Technology

Macau
Polytechnic Institute

Macau
Millennium College

University of
Macau

Macau
Security Forces Training College

Macau
Institute of Management

There are more than ten higher-learning institutions in Macau. Some students
choose to further their studies in the local universities or polytechnics
whereas some others choose to further their studies in mainland China, Taiwan,
Hong Kong, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, or some other places.

[edit]
Asia
International Open University (Macau)

Asia
International Open University (Macau)[1] In 1978, when the economy of
South East Asia was in rapid growth and the Open Door Policy of China was
initially confirmed, Dr. Peter Eng, Dr. Edward P. H. Woo and Dr. K. K. Wong,
founders of the University, recognized the desirability of having an
international university in Macau. They negotiated with the Macau Government for
permission to set up an international university in the territory. Consent was
promptly given and the first university in Macau, the University of East
Asia commenced operation in September 1981. In February 1988, the University of East
Asia was restructured to become a public university, renamed as University of Macau.
Programs previously offered by the Open College and Graduate Collage of the University of East
Asia were handled by a new East
Asia Open Institute. To cope with the ever increasing and changing needs in
the territory, the East
Asia Open Institute entered into a joint venture with Universidade
Aberta (Open University) of Portugal to form a new university - the Asia
International Open University (Macau), with the approval of the Macau
Government in 1992. Dr
Hsueh Shou Sheng was appointed as the Founding Rector and the current Rector
is Professor
Yan Zexian. Over the past 28 years, thousands of students from Macau, Hong
Kong, China and the Asia Pacific region had been attending courses offered by
the University. Most of them graduated from the Master of
Business Administration program and many of them are engaged in important
positions in political, economic and commercial fields. The University consists
of School of Undergraduate Studies, School of Graduate Studies, School of
Professional Studies and School of Portuguese Studies, offering a variety of
programs covering business administration, international law, Chinese
literature, social science and computer science, etc. In accordance with the
Macau Government Decree Law 196/92/M, the university was approved to award
Bachelor, Master and Doctor degrees. The University is a member of the International
Council for Educational Media (ICEM) and the Associacao
das Universidades de Lingua Portuguese (AULP). The University has been
actively organizing and participating in different international academic
conferences. Seminars like the “Chinese Distance Learning Seminar”,
“International Information Education Seminar”, “Investment Strategy Seminar”,
“E-Government” and “Assessing Sovereign and Corporate Credit Risk in Greater
China“ were hosted by the University in Macau. The University always maintains
close cooperation with institutions of higher education in China. In 1993, the
University established the East
Asia International Institute in Shanghai offering a wide range of high level
business studies programs that were highly valued by both the community and the
authorities. In 1997, an agreement was signed with Shanghai
Television University (the pioneer of distance learning in China) to
establish a sister-institution relationship. At the same time, in response to
the demand in Hong Kong and Macau on the knowledge of China trade and Chinese
law, the University has launched various Diploma programs on Chinese law, China
finance/ banking, China trade and China public administration to the community.
Macau has been a unique meeting place between the Eastern and Western cultures
from its earliest history and has been a gateway of the trade between China and
Europe. It can be seen that the hand-over of Macau to China in December 1999 and
the implementation of “One country, two systems” have brought significant impact
to Macau and China, especially the ties between China and European Community.
The University will endeavour to establish closer ties in the trade and cultural
exchange amongst Macau, China and Europe. It will make full use of its close
relations with higher education institutions in China and will continue to
develop quality professional programs including business administration, public
administration and international commercial law programs to be offered in Macau,
Hong Kong and China. The University will continue to strive to strengthen
academic programs and research and to provide lifelong learning opportunities to
train and cultivate distinguished professionals in Macau, Hong Kong and
China.

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University of Macau

Online application is now
possible to make in the University of Macau
[2]
Gaming
Management is a unique program newly offered under the umbrella of the faculty
of business
administration. Besides, there are many other traditional options for
students to choose namely accounting, business information systems,
economics
and international
finance, finance, international
business, management, marketing. For
English studies,
teaching areas cover English literature, linguistics and translation, etc. For communication, it
basically includes journalism, public relations, advertising, video production. Entrance
examination is a must for the admission of undergraduate/graduate programs in the
University of Macau
and sometimes, personal interview may also be required. Candidates may check
their results/marks of the entrance examination online although results will be
sent to individual applicants by mail at the beginning of June. As quotas are
set every year and competition is keen, one who meets the minimum score of
entrance examination or other requirements of admission may NOT
automatically be offered a place.

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Macau Polytechnic
Institute

Macau
Polytechnic Institute [3] Established on September 16,
1991, Macao
Polytechnic Institute is a public and forward-looking institute, which was
formerly a part of the University of East
Asia, Macau. For just 10 years since its inception, the Institute has grown
and prospered into a modern and fully equipped teaching and research facility
with a team of experienced and dedicated academic staff. Macao
Polytechnic Institute comprises several academic, training and research
units. The academic units include: the School
of Languages and Translation, School of Business,
School
of Public Administration, School of Arts, School
of Physical Education and Sports and the School
of Health Sciences. The training and research units include: the Senior
Academy, MPI–Bell
Centre of English (also an English Testing Centre which is the only provider
of IELTS and BULATS
certification in Macao), Macao
Tourism and Casino Career Centre ( managed jointly by the Macao Polytechnic
Institute and the Institute for Tourism Studies), Centre
of Continuing Education and Special Projects, Social
Economic and Public Policy Research Centre, the Centre
of Sino-Western Culture Studies and MPI-QMUL
Information Systems Research Centre.

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Macau
University of Science and Technology

Recently Macau University of Science and Technology [4] (MUST) together with colleges/universities from Europe, Australia, New
Zealand and other countries signed agreements of co-operation that attempted
to use the model of 2+2 or 3+1 in which students may get double degrees after graduation
in Macau and abroad, but the Macau government ruled that students may not earn
dual degrees.[citation
needed]

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See also

Education
in the People's Republic of China

Education by
country

UNU-IIST

Macau
Child Development Association

List
of Canada-accredited schools abroad (includes schools in Macau)

v • d • e

Education in Asia

Sovereign
states

Afghanistan ·
Armenia1 ·
Azerbaijan1 ·
Bahrain ·
Bangladesh ·
Bhutan ·
Brunei ·
Burma2 ·
Cambodia ·
People's
Republic of China · Cyprus1 ·
East
Timor3 · Egypt4 ·
Georgia4 ·
India ·
Indonesia ·
Iran ·
Iraq ·
Israel ·
Japan ·
Jordan ·
Kazakhstan4 ·
North
Korea · South
Korea · Kuwait ·
Kyrgyzstan ·
Laos ·
Lebanon ·
Malaysia ·
Maldives ·
Mongolia ·
Nepal ·
Oman ·
Pakistan ·
Philippines ·
Qatar ·
Russia4 ·
Saudi
Arabia · Singapore ·
Sri
Lanka · Syria ·
Tajikistan ·
Thailand ·
Turkey4 ·
Turkmenistan ·
United
Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan ·
Vietnam ·
Yemen

States
with limited
recognition

Abkhazia1 ·
Nagorno-Karabakh ·
Northern
Cyprus · Palestine ·
Republic
of China5 · South
Ossetia1

Dependencies,
autonomies,
other
territories

Aceh ·
Adjara1 ·
Akrotiri
and Dhekelia · Altai ·
British
Indian Ocean Territory · Buryatia ·
Christmas
Island · Cocos
(Keeling) Islands · Guangxi ·
Hong
Kong · Inner
Mongolia · Iraqi
Kurdistan · Khakassia ·
Macau · Nakhchivan ·
Ningxia ·
Papua ·
Sakha
Republic · Tibet ·
Tuva ·
West
Papua · Xinjiang

1 Sometimes
included in Europe, depending on
the border
definitions.  2
Officially known as Myanmar.
3 Sometimes
included in Oceania, and also
known as Timor-Leste.
4 Transcontinental
country.  5 Commonly
known as Taiwan.

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