EDUCATION | Council member opposes joint university admission system

Fu Lam Kam, a member of the Non-Tertiary Education Council, argued that the single university entrance examination “will inevitably lead to the homogenization of Macau’s diverse education.”
Starting from the 2017/2018 academic year, a joint university admission scheme will be applied by the University of Macau, the Institute for Tourism Studies, the Macao Polytechnic Institute and the Macau University of Science and Technology.
According to a report by All About Macau, Fu Lam Kam says one of Macau’s advantages, compared to neighboring regions such as Hong Kong and mainland China, is not having a unified examination, which in turn stimulates the diversity of local education.
“Macau’s advantage is exactly the lack of the system, in the sense that the public has many choices,” said Fu, adding that he does not “see Macau’s education system becoming better if there will be a unified examination system.”
Fu emphasized that many local educators strongly oppose the system and have reservations about Macau walking the same path as mainland China and Hong Kong.
“Macau’s current geographical environment and population structure are just right for us to promote diversified education. It’s intolerable for us to kill our advantages,” Fu said.