The Hong Kong Joint School Biology Olympiad (HKJSBO) was an event where students from high schools experienced a challenging test of their skills in tackling biological problems through reasoning, understanding, and problem-solving. It provided a platform for students to learn biology in a lively way by taking a more exploratory and investigative approach. In 2017, the HKJSBO Organizing Committee was formed by the professors from eight tertiary institutions as well as the school principals and teachers from secondary schools serving on the committee. The HKJSBO was funded by the Gifted Education Council (GEC) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) with the support from the Croucher Foundation and the Roche Hong Kong.
The HKJSBO Organizing Committee had been working for over a year to prepare the tests which were in line with the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) standard and format. The entire exercise consisted of three rounds of screening tests with 5 days of lecture series and 4 days of practical training sessions in between. An award ceremony took place in July, 2017.
