Hong Kong students from minority backgrounds are not always able to participate in local education, due to the lack of language support provided in schools. Amod Rai, a campaigner for minority rights, is providing an alternative option for these pupils in the form of IB online courses.
"This is a good opportunity for minority students to experience global classrooms, with high-quality programmes and experienced foreign teachers," Rai says.
The IB online courses enable students to become confident and resourceful global citizens. Rai plays a part in helping students keep on track with their assignments, but to complete the courses the students need to take responsibility for their own studies. Rai adds:
"Project-based IB online courses help students learn self-exploration, as well as critical and creative thinking skills through experiments and assignments."
One of Rai’s Nepalese students, Paru Ghale, 14, who moved to Hong Kong in 2011, says:
"The local school syllabus does not include pop culture or multi-media assignments, but the IB online courses encourage my interests by offering film studies. The courses are project-based, with many opportunities to experiment outside the classroom with things like film-making and photography."
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