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  "id": 18260672,
  "title": "Hong Kong Primary Three pupils’ maths competency hits all-time low",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/hong-kong-primary-three-pupils-maths-competency-hits-all-time-low-18260672",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T05:52:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3373350/hong-kong-primary-three-pupils-maths-competency-hits-all-time-low"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The mathematics competency level of Hong Kong’s Primary Three pupils has hit an all-time low in a citywide assessment by authorities, while their English performance reached a record high. Results for this year’s Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA), released on Thursday, showed passing rate for mathematics for Primary Three students fell to 84.7 per cent, down 0.7 percentage points from a year…",
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}