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■本港高考上月底放榜，4位6A狀元均來自恒生商學院，左起為姚晉宇、李泳木丹、黃廣安及趙城鋒。資料圖片
高級程度會考成績上月尾放榜，恒生商學書院再次成為大贏家，全數包辦4個六優狀元。恒生書院高考成績驕人，名校效應突出，同時普通學校如何提升辦學質量、惠及更多學生更應受到關注，避免本港的中學教育兩極分化。
恒生書院近年高考屢創佳績，已成為出產高考狀元的「超級A工廠」。在名牌效應的驅動下，自然可以吸引全港最優質學生和教師，形成學生學校互相得益的良性循環，這亦是高考狀元多出自傳統名校的普遍現象。因此，傳統名校成為社會、學生趨之若鶩的入讀對象。
名校畢竟是精英教育的產物，只佔本港學校的一小部分，能夠入讀名校的學生亦屬極少數。高考放榜後，輿論焦點只集中在名校的狀元身上，這對於名校而言是錦上添花，但社會的關注點應更多地落在大多數的普通學校上面。普通學校才是本港辦學的主體，與本港千千萬萬的學生前途乃至社會的未來息息相關，普通學校教學水平不斷提升，縮窄與傳統名校的差距，培養出更多合格升讀大學的學生，才是芸芸學子的福音。因此，教育當局應考慮在資源上給予適當支援扶持普通學校，傳統名校亦應加強與普通中學的交流合作，傳授成功的辦學經驗，以便提高本港的整體教育水平，這也是對學生、社會負責任的態度。
Strengthen exchange and cooperation between elite and ordinary schools
Results of the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination(HKALE) were released at the end of last month and the Hang Seng School of Commerce once again became the biggest winner as all four top performers who got six A grades had come from this single school. The school's excellent performance in the HKALE reinforces the halo effect of elite schools. However, what is needed now is more emphasis to be put on how ordinary schools can improve their quality of teaching and benefit more students so that polarization of secondary education in Hong Kong can be prevented.
The Hang Seng School of Commerce has been achieving good results in the HKALE in recent years and has become a 烞uper producer* of HKALE top performers. Buoyed by the elite effect, the school attracts the best students and teachers in the territory, creating a virtuous circle in which both the students and the school are benefited. This also is the reason that accounts for the fact that HKALE top performers normally come from traditional elite schools. As a result of this, these elite schools receive high regard from the community and students are in a race for a seat.
However, elite schools are after all a product of elite education. They constitute only a small part of the school system in Hong Kong and just a very small number of students are able to get a place in these schools. After the release of HKALE results, public attention focused only on the high achievers from the elite schools. As far as the elite schools are concerned, this is merely like icing on the cake. In fact, society should place more emphasis on the majority ordinary schools. Ordinary schools, constituting the main part of the education system in Hong Kong, have a strong bearing on the future of the thousands of students in Hong Kong and that of the society as a whole. Only when the ordinary schools can upgrade their teaching standards, narrow the gap from elite schools and nurture more students qualified for university education can the vast majority of students truly benefit. Therefore, the authorities in charge of education should consider allocating more resources to give appropriate support and assistance to ordinary schools. On the other hand, the elite schools should have more exchanges and cooperation with ordinary schools and share their success experience in running schools. With these initiatives, the overall standard of education in Hong Kong can be improved. For the sake of students and society at large, this is the right responsible approach. ■Translation by 開明 chi.ming818@gmail.com
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