Caritas Charles Vath College (), abbreviated as CCVC, is a secondary school located at

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, Hong Kong operated under the

Direct Subsidy Scheme The Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) is instituted by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong to enhance the quality of private schools at the primary and secondary levels. The Hong Kong government has been encouraging non-government secondary schools ...

(DSS) of the Education Bureau. It is a secondary school sponsored by the

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established in 2003, with the current principal Mr. Wong Wai. The school offers the

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course (HKDSE) as a ladder for students to continue their studies. The courses are divided into three major categories, including art and design, Tourism and hospitality, and business, which let students choose more

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and multiple disciplinary subjects in addition to regular curriculum.

History

Mr. Charles Vath was the director of the Hong Kong Catholic Center, and the founder and president of

since 1953. Caritas Hong Kong believes in caring for love and creating hope. Until the 2000s, a group of Form 3 students were taken from every school without promoting to Form 4. Then there were a large number of Form 5 students leaving the school after

Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE, 香港中學會考) was a standardised examination between 1974 and 2011 after most local students' five-year secondary education, conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment ...

(HKCEE). Under the past elitism system, students with poor academic performance would be eliminated. These students also had the right to receive education. Hong Kong's support for high school students is quite inadequate. This was also the reason for the appearance of senior high school in those years, which only admit students of Form 4 or above. Caritas Charles Vath College is a DSS high school that was funded by the government in 2003. The school is a senior high school in Hong Kong, which mainly runs Form 4 and above. Before the implementation of the new high school curriculum, the students needed to go through the HKCEE and

Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination The Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE, 香港高級程度會考), or more commonly known as the A-level, conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), was taken by senior students at the end of their matricu ...

(HKALE). During the two public examinations, many students became victims of the system and lost the opportunity to go directly to senior forms in the original school. For the students who intend to continue their studies, Caritas Charles Vath College's senior secondary courses opened up another path. In the past, the school provided a series of one-year professional certificate courses including the HKCEE, the HKALE. After 2012, it changed to provide the HKDSE courses, as well as other courses covering tourism,

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, design,

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certificate courses. In 2020, during the

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, classes were suspended and students were confined to

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. Online learning was performed throughout the school period for all subjects. The emergence of the HKDSE has brought shocks to the school. The school transformed. Starting from the 2020/2021 school year, the school set up junior high form classes. However, the school pays special attention to the purpose of helping the most lost and unsaved students did not change.

Campus environment

The school is located at

North Lantau New Town North Lantau New Town is the newest of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, located on the northern coast of the Lantau Island in the New Territories. It covers Tung Chung, Tai Ho Wan, Siu Ho Wan, other p ...

. It is adjacent to Mun Tung Estate and

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. The school covers an area of about 7,600 square meters. There is an isolated greenhouse in the school campus. In additional to the regular classrooms in the teaching building, the school is equipped with different recreation rooms such as a dancing room, an English corner, a studio and a chapel. Other special rooms include a

Cosmetology Cosmetology (from Greek , ''kosmētikos'', "beautifying"; and , '' -logia'') is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty include hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/ pedicures, non-permanent hair removal such ...

room, an MMLC, an Art room, an Animation room and an interactive computer room etc.

School characteristics

Practical school

The school offers

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certificate courses, i.e.

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and

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courses such as tourism, design,

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, performing arts,

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, tour guide,

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, fitness training, social services,

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, hotels and hospitality, women's quality management,

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, hand-made ornaments, emerging sports, hand-made model skills, fluid dynamics and

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, etc.

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