| School-based Assessment (SBA) is an assessment carried out by schools with students being assessed by their own subject teachers. All school candidates have to complete the SBA of the subjects concerned and the marks awarded are counted towards their results in the HKDSE.
The following are subjects with an SBA component in the HKDSE:
Core subjects
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- Chinese Language
- English Language
- Liberal Studies
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Elective subjects
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- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chinese Literature
- Design & Applied Technology
- Health Management and Social Care
- Information & Communication Technology
- Literature in English
- Physics
- Integrated Science / Combined Science
- Technology and Living
- Visual Arts
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| SBA emphasises the assessment of a wide range of abilities which offers a comprehensive appraisal of students’ performance. By integrating learning and teaching with assessment, it helps students understand their strengths and weaknesses through quality feedback from teachers. SBA also reduces dependence on the results of public examinations and boosts students’ confidence and motivation to learn and enhances autonomous learning.
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