Education and HeritageHistorico-cultural perspective

The development of education in Hong Kong is very distinctive and also reflects the development of Hong Kong's history.Beginning with book house established by clans in the New Territories, education is Hong Kong is affected not only by British colonial government since the opening of port, but also by many other factors such as the early education of churches and mission organizations in Hong Kong, the parallel development of Chinese and Western education, the political and social changes in the Mainland, and the drastic increase in the population of Hong Kong since the 1950s.Therefore, the heritage and development of education in Hong Kong is indeed unique.