Education
There are two government primary schools in North Point. Located at 888 King's Road, the North Point Government Primary School (NPGPS) opened in 1954. The North Point Government Primary School (Cloud View Road) abbreviated as NPCVR, also opened in 1954, is located at 22 Cloud View Road. Both schools are whole-day, co-ed and have nominated secondary school status with Shau Kei Wan GSS, Shau Kei Wan East GSS and Clementi Secondary School.
Located near Tin Hau Station is Island Children's Montessori School & Kindergarten (ICMS, Chinese: 港島兒童蒙特梭利學校), an international school providing playgroup, nursery, kindergarten and summer camp programs. Established in 2008, it was chosen as one of the top kindergartens in Hong Kong by Asia Tatler in 2011.
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““We’ll encounter opposition, won’t we, if we give women the same education that we give to men,” Socrates says to Galucon. “For then we’d have to let women ... exercise in the company of men. And we know how ridiculous that would seem.” ... Convention and habit are women’s enemies here, and reason their ally.”
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