Business, Accounting and Financial Studies (BAFS)

Overall Aims

• To provide students with fundamental business knowledge and skills. Students will understand the business environment and develop positive values and attitudes through various learning activities by fulfilling their roles competently and confidently as consumers, investors, employees and/or entrepreneurs.

• Aims to nurture students’ generic skills such as investigating skills, analytical skills, leadership skills, team building skills, communication skills, critical thinking skills, creativity, problem solving skills, etc. Students will also learn to apply related abilities in different learning areas.

 

Features of the School-based Curriculum

We help students to gain a better understanding of business environments and theories through various interactive learning activities such as group discussions, projects, case studies and simulation games.

 

Contents of the curriculum

• Business Environment

• Introduction to Management

• Introduction to Accounting

• Basics of Personal Financial Management

• Marketing Management

• Human Resources Management

• Financial Management

 

Co-curricular Activities

• S.5 students participate in Entrepreneur Competition every year. Students can apply the marketing and managerial theories they have learned in lessons into strategic practices. This activity has successfully developed students’ interests in knowing more about the business world.

• Company visits and workshops are arranged for our students on a regular basis. In the past few years, they visited various established companies including PwC and Hotel Icon, and participated in workshops organized by Young Entrepreneurs Development Council and Junior Achievement.

• Our students interviewed entrepreneurs from SMEs in groups, getting to understand the ups and downs of running a business.

• Cooperating with other departments, we organize study tours abroad to widen students’ perspectives.

 

Useful Links

CEPA	http://www.tid.gov.hk/
Franchise	http://www.bossible.com/buybusiness/index.php
HKICPA	http://www.hkicpa.org.hk/en/
HKAAT	http://www.hkiaat.org/index.php/qualification/ATE/15/
MPF	http://www.mpfa.org.hk/tch/main/index.jsp
SFC	http://www.sfc.hk/web/TC/
Consumer Council	https://www.consumer.org.hk/
Labour Department	http://www.labour.gov.hk/tc/news/content.htm