Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Acceptance arrangements for results of HKDSE Category C Other Languages subjects
New arrangements for Category C OL subjects (French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish) have been implemented by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) starting from the 2025 HKDSE. Candidates are required to take the stipulated language examinations administered by the respective official organisations in Hong Kong. Their results obtained at the stipulated examination grades/language proficiency levels or above will be included in their HKDSE Examination Category C results and reported on their HKDSE certificates. Starting from the 2026 HKDSE, Urdu is included in Category C OL subjects. Starting from the 2028 HKDSE, Hindi will be included as the seventh OL subject. The related arrangements are the same as those for the existing OL subjects. For details, please refer to the HKEAA website
In light of the above latest arrangements, the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) accepts the specific language proficiency levels attained in Urdu (from the 2026 HKDSE Examination results release day onwards) and Hindi (from the 2028 HKDSE Examination results release day onwards) in the HKDSE Category C OL examination (Details are in the Annex)
An EDB spokesman said the Government has long been offering the OL subjects as elective subjects at the senior secondary level to develop students’ multilingual competence, enabling them to make life planning based on their interests, abilities and aspirations, and to connect with the world.
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