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Q: Does the Government accept HKDSEqualifications for civil service appointments?

A: The government has announced that results in the HKDSE Examination are accepted for civil service appointment purposes with effect from 20 July 2012.

For related details, please visit the website of the Civil Service Bureau.

Q: Does the results in the HKDSE Examination as equivalent to the results in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE)?

A: Level 5 or above in English Language of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) is accepted as equivalent to Level 2 in the UE paper of the CRE.  Level 5 or above in Chinese Language of the HKDSEE is accepted as equivalent to Level 2 in the UC paper of the CRE.  Applicants with the above result(s) will NOT be arranged to take the UE and / or UC paper(s).

Level 4 in English Language of the HKDSEE is accepted as equivalent to Level 1 in the UE paper of the CRE.  Level 4 in Chinese Language of the HKDSEE is accepted as equivalent to Level 1 in the UC paper of the CRE.  Applicants with the above result(s) may wish to take this into account in deciding whether they need to take the UE and / or UC paper(s) having regard to the requirements of the civil service post(s) in which they are interested.

For related details, please visit the website of the Civil Service Bureau.

Q. With the HKDSE in place, what is the acceptance arrangement for civil service posts with entry requirement set at “a pass in five subjects in HKCEE” and "2A3O"?

A: Under the NAS, a combination of the following results in five subjects in the HKDSE Examination are accepted as meeting the requirement of “a pass in five subjects in HKCEE”:
- Level 2 in Senior Secondary subjects;
- “Attained” in Applied Learning (ApL) subjects (subject to a maximum of two ApL subjects); and
- Grade E in Other Language subjects.

A candidate attaining results in 5 subjects in HKDSE in any combination of the following will be regarded as having met the requirement for “2A3O”:
- Level 3 in Senior Secondary subjects;
- “Attained with Distinction” in ApL subjects (subject to a maximum of two ApL subjects); and
- Grade c in Other Language subjects.

For related details, please visit the website of the Civil Service Bureau.

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