How to become a secondary education teacher

Official title: Secondary education teachers

Also called: Secondary school teacher, High school teacher

Secondary education teachers teach one or more subjects at secondary education level, excluding subjects intended to prepare students for employment in specific occupational areas.

Main tasks

• Designing and modifying curricula and preparing educational courses of study in accordance with curriculum guidelines
• Establishing and enforcing rules for behaviour and procedures for maintaining order among students
• Preparing and giving lessons, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects
• Establishing clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicating those objectives to students
• Preparing materials and classrooms for class activities
• Adapting teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ varying needs and interests
• Observing and evaluating students’ performance and behaviour
• Preparing, administering and marking tests, assignments and examinations to evaluate pupils' progress
• Preparing reports about pupils’ work and conferring with other teachers and parents
• Participating in meetings concerning the school’s educational or organizational policies

Ways in

• University: Education & Teaching degrees, Offered by 14 universities in Hong Kong
• Licence or registration: Registering body: Education Bureau. Law: Education Ordinance (教育條例), Cap. 279. Summary by Peernovo; check the body's current rules.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a secondary education teacher?

Ways in include: Education & Teaching degrees.

Do you need a degree to become a secondary education teacher?

Usually. 91% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a secondary education teacher?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026