Shenzhen’s Pui Kiu College reports 87 per cent pass rate, while ASJNU in Guangzhou says its rate was 71 per cent, compared with 42.7 per cent for Hong Kong
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenEric JiangPublished: 5:05pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 5:14pm, 16 Jul 2026Two of the four schools in mainland China whose students can take Hong Kong’s university entrance exams as school candidates have said that most of their pupils passed the core subjects, beating the citywide average.
The four schools in the Greater Bay Area are the only institutions on the mainland approved by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority to register their students as candidates for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams. Students pursuing the curriculum elsewhere must register as private candidates.
To qualify for admission to Hong Kong’s eight public universities, students must also achieve Level 3 or above in two elective subjects. However, the four mainland schools did not disclose how many students had met this threshold.
This year, the proportion of day-school candidates who met the minimum admission requirements fell slightly to 36.8 per cent, down from last year’s 38.6 per cent.
Shenzhen Hong Kong Pui Kiu College Longhua Xinyi School said that 87 per cent of its students passed all the core subjects, while the Affiliated School of JNU for Hong Kong and Macau Students (ASJNU) in Guangzhou also reported a 71 per cent pass rate.
