INTRODUCTION
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BAFS
WHAT IS BAFS?
B = Business
A = Accounting
F = Financial
S = Studies
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CURRICULUM AIMS
The overall aims of BAFS curriculum are:
to provide students at senior secondary level with
fundamental business knowledge and skills and
develop their positive values and attitudes so that
they can fulfil their roles competently and
confidently as consumers, investors employees and /
or entrepreneurs;
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CURRICULUM AIMS
The overall aims of BAFS curriculum are:
to develop students’ generic skills in research,
analysis, leadership, team-building, communication,
critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving
and transfer them to different domains; and
to explore different aspects of business to prepare
students for life, for learning and for employment
http://334.edb.hkedcity.net/doc/chi/curriculum2015/B
AFS_CA_Guide_e_2015.pdf
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CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
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OVERVIEW OF THE LEARNING ELEMENTS
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OVERVIEW OF THE LEARNING ELEMENTS
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DETAILS OF BAFS CURRICULUM
A set of Supplementary Notes – BAFS
Supplementary Notes (To be implemented in S4 in
2014/15; effective for 2017 HKDSE & onwards)has
been developed to illustrate the breadth and depth
of the BAFS curriculum, which could be
downloaded from the website at
http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculumdevelopment/kla/technologyedu/resources/businessedu/Notes_for_BAFS_Curriculum_Eng_20151126.p
df
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MODE OF ASSESSMENT
http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/hkdse_subj.html?A2&2&6_1
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MODE OF ASSESSMENT
Component
Weighting
Duration
Paper 1
Compulsory Part
40%
1 hr 15 mins
Paper 2
Elective Part
60%
2 hrs 15 mins
• NO SBA for this subject !
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PUBLIC EXAMINATION (HKDSE)
Paper 1
Weighting
Section A
MC Questions
60 marks
Section B
Short Questions
Part I
(3-4 compulsory questions)
20 marks
Part II
(1 out of 2 questions)
10 marks
Duration
1 hr 15 mins
• Questions will be set on the compulsory part of the curriculum
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PUBLIC EXAMINATION (HKDSE)
Paper 2A (Accounting)
Weighting
Section A
(3-4 Short Questions)
24 marks
Section B
(2-3 Application Problems)
36 marks
Section C
(Case / Theory Questions)
20 marks
Duration
2 hrs 15 mins
• Questions will be set on respective module of the elective part of
the curriculum.
• Integrate knowledge and skills learnt in the compulsory part.
• All questions are compulsory in section A and B.
• Students will be required to answer one out of two questions in
section C.
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HKDSE 2016
No. sat of BAFS candidates = 11993
(about 18% of total no. of sat)
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HKDSE 2016
About 20% of total no. of sat awarded Level 5 or above
http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/DocLibrary/Media/PR/20160
712_HKDSE_FULL_Results_ENG.pdf
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CHARACTERISTICS OF BAFS
Skill-based
Focus on application
Good at Mathematics is an advantage
Important to have interest
Hard-working
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THANK YOU
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