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Introduction

The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE) endeavours to secure appropriate learning and development opportunities for gifted students aged 10 to 18 currently studying in schools registered under the Hong Kong Education Bureau.
Starting from the 2022/23 school year, the “Principal’s Nomination” is added to enhance the current “School Nomination” for students who are gifted in leadership. Each secondary school can nominate one potential student of Secondary 2 to Secondary 4 to the HKAGE. Nominated students are exempted from the Screening Programme and are invited to submit their personal profiles directly for assessment. In the 2024/25 school year, the “ Principal’s Nomination” is expanded to include the visual arts domain. Both primary and secondary schools can nominate one student of appropriate age with visual arts talent in the 'Visual Arts' domain.
In 2025/26 school year, HKAGE will continue to retain the quotas for both the leadership domain and the visual arts domain under the “Principal’s Nomination”. Each secondary school can nominate one student from Secondary 2 to Secondary 4 for the leadership domain. In addition, each primary and secondary school can nominate one student of appropriate age for the visual arts domain. Nominated students will submit their personal profiles directly to the HKAGE for assessment.

Important Date

23 September 2025 (3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)	Briefing Session(1)(Cantonese) Introduce the overall arrangements of the nomination scheme. Application deadline: 16 September 2025 >>Click here to apply<< The online briefing session will be conducted in Cantonese. The English PowerPoint will be uploaded to this webpage after the session for reference.
25 November 2025 (3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)	Briefing Session(2)(Cantonese) Introduce the details of applying for the new “Screening Test” and the “Principal’s Nomination”. Details will be announced on this webpage in early November. The online briefing session will be conducted in Cantonese. The English PowerPoint will be uploaded to this webpage after the session for reference.
26 November 2025 (12:00 noon) to 16 December 2025 (12:00 noon)	Arrangement for application of “Principal's Nomination” Details will be announced on this webpage in early November
January 2026	Submit student personal profile School coordinators submit the students’ personal profiles via the online nomination platform.
January 2026	“Principal’s Nomination” (Leadership Domain) - Interview The confirmed date will be announced in due course.
Late April 2026	Nomination results announcement and member registration The nomination results are tentatively scheduled to be announced in late April 2025. School Coordinators and parents log in to the Online Nomination Platform to check the nomination results. Parents of admitted students must register to confirm membership.