[Wuhan Pneumonia] Ye Jianyuan urges the announcement of DSE arrangements as soon as possible to explain how to deal with the symptoms of candidates

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Written by: Deng Yinglin

2020-02-17 13:56

Under the pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan, the Education Bureau announced earlier that all schools in Hong Kong will not resume classes as early as March 16, and the Chinese Diploma Examination (DSE) oral examination will be postponed. As for other examination arrangements, it will be announced at the end of this month. During the press conference today (17), Ye Jianyuan, a legislative council member of the education sector, urged the government to announce as soon as possible the relevant diploma examination arrangements and anti-epidemic measures at the examination room, including setting out how to deal with candidates' discomfort and even symptoms, so as to reassure candidates and parents , Can focus on candidates preparing for the test.

The government announced earlier this month that due to the epidemic situation, all the diploma examinations (including the physical education and music internship examinations, and the Chinese language oral examinations originally scheduled to start on March 11) will be postponed until next month; It was also revealed that the government is studying two schemes to hold a diploma test. The first is that the written test and the oral test of English will be started on March 27 as scheduled. The internship test of sports and music will be held in May and the oral test of Chinese will be held until May 18. It will be held from 26 to 26; the release date will be postponed for about one week to 15 July.

Ye Jianyuan called on the government to announce the examination arrangements and epidemic prevention measures as soon as possible to facilitate candidates to prepare for the test. At the same time, due to the epidemic situation, they must make full preparations for the diploma test and formulate emergency and emergency response plans. (Photo by Deng Yinglin)

The second plan is to delay the entire diploma test for about four weeks. The written test for each subject will be started on April 24 and completed on May 25. Examinations for physical education and music are held from the end of May to mid-June. However, under this plan, the two oral examinations for the language subjects will be cancelled. The assessment bureau will adjust the proportions of the remaining volumes of the Chinese and English subjects in proportion to calculate the total score and rating of the relevant subjects. The HKEAA will try its best to reduce the time required for the paper review process so as to release the list within July.

The Education Bureau said earlier that the DSE final arrangements will be announced at the end of this month. Ye Jianyuan appealed today that the government should announce the examination arrangements and epidemic prevention measures as soon as possible to facilitate candidates to prepare for the test. At the same time, due to the epidemic situation, they must make full preparations for the diploma test and formulate emergency and emergency response plans.

He proposed that the Education Bureau and the Evaluation and Evaluation Bureau should make special arrangements in the examination room (such as increasing the seating space between candidates, and exploring the heat before entering the examination room). The examination room must be equipped with adequate epidemic prevention equipment for candidates and invigilators; an epidemic situation must also be established. Under emergency mechanism. For example, he pointed out that detailed guidelines and mechanisms should be established to explain the arrangements for candidates if they are uncomfortable or even have symptoms, so that candidates and parents can rest assured.

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