Hong Kong is located in southern Asia; it has a free, non-compulsory three-year kindergarten education followed by a legal requirement of a six-year primary education and three-year junior secondary education, then the non-compulsory two-year senior secondary education and a two-year matriculation course leading to the Advanced Level examinations. Its education budget is 23% of the national budget. For more information regarding the education system of Hong Kong, including enrollment data, principles and general objectives, current priorities, and laws, please see the