Jason Cheung is one of the three winners of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's "Hong Kong Top Ten Outstanding Tertiary Students" award as a student entrepreneur. Through the years of cramming education, he is determined to break the tradition of paper-based learning and founded QualiFly Education, a one-stop learning platform a year and a half ago, transforming himself from an entrepreneur to the founder of an education technology enterprise, hoping to open up a new path for education in Hong Kong.

The goal of the business: To establish intelligent education and to get rid of the dull and repeated study method

“After experiencing how it is like to prepare for public examinations in Hong Kong, we realised how ineffective the current way that most people adopts to study is. Instead of blindly drilling exercises and trying to stuff everything in our brains, students should focus on what they are actually weak at and work on exercises that suits their needs. However, students are still spending hours everyday in cramming for exams, leading to lack of free time for them to explore their interests and hobbies.”

QualiFly uses big data and artificial intelligence to reduce students' "repeated mistakes". The intelligent system will analyze students' learning records, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and provide targeted learning guidance to compensate for the shortcomings of large classroom teaching.

Jason's inspiration for starting his own business came from his elementary school classroom. He recalls that he has struggled to keep up with the class’s progress, while teachers are not able to provide enough individual support as they need to cater for a whole class of 30+ students. Students can either rely on standardised supplementary exercises after school or additional classes at tutorial centres. Not only extra time and effort is needed, students also felt very stressful after studying for long hours.

Social Entrepreneurial Values: Providing Fair, Efficient, Quality Learning Opportunities

The current spoon-fed education system cannot be totally changed over-night, but Jason believes there is a lot that can be done to improve how students learn and revise. QualiFly has already launched a series of pilot programs, working with schools and nonprofits to provide trial services to elementary school students. Jason noted that QualiFly is now focusing on R&D and user experience, collecting usage data through the pilot program before moving on to the next stage of development.

"Many newly arrived students are not proficient in English, and some are not given equal learning opportunities due to lack of family support," Jason said. Jason said QualiFly will be able to serve students from grass-roots families in the future by providing free service so that every student can have a fair chance to learn and solve the problem of unequal educational opportunities in Hong Kong.

科大EdTech創業家 張博滔獲得 2022「香港十大傑出大專學生」

以學生創業家身份獲得「香港十大傑出大專學生」的張博滔（Jason），是三名香港科技大學得獎者的其中一員。歷經填鴨式教學的洗禮，他銳意打破以往的紙本溫習傳統，更於一年半前創立一站式學習平台——QualiFly飛昇教育，由創業小白搖身一變成為教育科技企業創辦人，希望為本港教育開闢一條新路。 

創業的初衷：建立智能化教育 擺脫「死操爛操」的溫習方式

「公開試的洗禮，令我們明白做練習不能死操爛操，反而應選擇適合自己的練習，不但可以令學生進步得更快，亦可節省時間發展其他興趣。」現正修讀工商管理學的四年級學生Jason認為，創新科技將會是傳統教育的突破口，個人化的學習體驗相信是未來發展的大趨勢。

QualiFly是利用大數據和人工智能，減少學生「一錯再錯」。智能化的系統會透過學生的學習紀錄，分析強項弱項，提供為學生提供個人化學習方案，進行更有針對性性的學習輔導，彌補大班教學的不足。

Jason的創業靈感來自小學時的課堂，他想起當年自己總是跟不上課堂進度，無論靠自己還是靠老師，均未能改善。大多數老師因大班教學而難以向學生們逐一解釋課堂重點，學生只能在課餘依靠坊間的補充練習或補習老師協助，而無法採取高效的方法溫習。 

社會創業價值：提供公平、高效、優質的學習機會 

彌補填鴨式教育的不足，並不是Jason唯一希望達成的目標。QualiFly早前已展開一系列的先導計劃，與學校和非牟利機構合作，向小學生提供試用服務。Jason指出，QualiFly現時著眼於研發及用戶體驗，通過先導計劃收集使用數據，再作下一步開發。 

「不少新來港學童英文程度欠佳，部分更因缺乏家庭支援而未能獲得平等的學習機會。」Jason表示，Qualifly未來能夠服務基層學童，免費提供服務，讓每一位學生擁有公平學習的機會，解決香港社會教育機會不平等問題。