New Senior Secondary Curriculum - Other Learning Experiences (OLE)
Under the New Senior Secondary (NSS) Curriculum, building on the foundation of the five Essential Learning Experiences in the Basic Education (Primary 1 - Secondary 3), schools will offer students a range of OLE opportunities to encourage them to participate in the five areas of OLE, namely Moral and Civic Education, Community Service, Career-related Experiences, Aesthetic Development and Physical Development, with a view to provide students with a broad and balanced curriculum with diverse learning experiences to foster whole-person development.
In response to the latest curriculum development of “Measures to Optimise the Four Senior Secondary Core Subjects”in 2021, schools should release lesson time and enhance curriculum flexibility to create space for students to facilitate them participate more actively in Other Learning Experiences, life-wide learning activities, and engage in other personal pursuits to cater for their different interests, abilities and aspirations. The new suggested time allocation of OLE is 10% or above effective from S4 in the 2021/22 school year. A maximum or minimum percentage is adopted in place of a rigid number to highlight this flexibility. Schools are encouraged to offer more learning experiences (e.g. cross-curricular activities) and adopt flexible timetabling to better support students with different learning needs.
The new recommendation for fine-tuning the NSS curriculum and assessment (August 2021)
| Other Learning Experiences |
New Recommendation for Fine-Tuning OLE
(Latest): uggested Time Allocation (in percentage) |
| Moral and Civic Education | 10-15% (S5&S6)
and ≥ 10% (Effective from S4 in the 2021/22 school year) （For each area, schools have the flexibility to make adjustments accordingly upon their existing practices and strengths.） |
| Community Service | |
| Career-related Experiences | |
| Aesthetic Development | |
| Physical Development |
Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS)
Following the latest recommendation for fine-tuning the NSS curriculum and assessment, the performance of outstanding Advanced Leaders of JPC, Presidents of JPC Clubs, Advanced Leaders or winners of JPC activities could be submitted via “Other Experiences and Achievements in Competitions / Activities (OEA) under JUPAS application. Those qualifications will be one of the factors considered by the various departments of universities when making admission decisions.