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From a real candidate真實考生經驗
I sat IAL Economics, Business and Geography in Form 5 and Form 6. My school ran the course, but we registered and sat the exams outside school, as private candidates through HKEAA.我在中五、中六考 IAL 經濟、商業和地理。課程由學校開辦,但報名和考試都要在校外處理,以自修生身份經考評局報考。
Each subject was split over two years, two units a year. We were taught from September to April, registered around November, and sat the papers in May and June.每科分兩年完成,每年考兩個單元。學校由9月教到翌年4月,大約11月報名,5、6月考試。
What registering was like報名的實際情況
“We just followed the PowerPoint our school gave us. Honestly, the HKEAA website isn't complicated.”「我哋基本上跟住學校俾嗰個 PowerPoint 就識做。老實講,考評局個網站其實唔算複雜。」
The hard part wasn't the form. It was what to do when a result came back lower than planned.難的不是填表,而是成績不如預期時應該怎樣做。
The problem nobody at school mentioned學校沒有提過的問題
May/June results arrive in August. If a grade is disappointing, you probably don't want to wait for next summer. But by then the next HKEAA series (January) has a September deadline, and HKEAA doesn't run October exams at all.5、6月考期的成績在8月公佈。如果成績不理想,大多數人都不想等到下一年夏天才重考。但考評局下一個考期(1月)9月便截止報名,而考評局根本沒有10月考期。
What I did, and what many candidates do, is retake in October through ITS Education Asia, a Pearson exam centre in Hong Kong that accepts private candidates. Late entries are possible there, but cost more. Schools usually don't mention this, because they expect everyone to go through HKEAA.我和不少考生的做法,是經 ITS Education Asia 報考10月考期重考。ITS 是香港的 Pearson 考試中心,接受自修生報名,可以逾期報名,但要付較高費用。學校通常不會提,因為他們預期所有人都經考評局報考。
My October results came out around December or January. Check current dates yourself, as they change each year.我考10月考期,大約12月或1月出成績。日期每年都會變,請自行核實最新資料。
| Series考期 | HKEAA | ITS | Geography地理 |
| January1月 | Yes有 | Yes有 | Yes, not at HKEAA有,但考評局不設 |
| May/June5/6月 | Yes有 | Yes有 | Yes有 |
| October10月 | No沒有 | Yes有 | No October series沒有10月考期 |
October covers some subjects only, including Economics and Business. ITS's October 2026 enrolment is closed; check its session page for the next one.10月考期只設部分科目,包括經濟和商業。ITS 2026年10月考期已截止報名,下一期請留意其考期網頁。 ITS October exams ↗ITS 10月考期 ↗
Geography warning地理科提醒
Geography has no October series. When I wanted to retake, I couldn't do it in the autumn and had to wait until June. If you take Geography, plan your retakes around January and June from the start.地理科沒有10月考期。我想重考時無法在秋季補考,要等到6月。如果你考地理,一開始便要以1月和6月考期來規劃重考。