[Wuhan Pneumonia] Director of Education Yang Runxiong hopes to return to class as soon as possible, student health and public health need to be considered

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Written by: Chen Shuxia

2020-02-26 10:07

In the case of the new coronavirus epidemic, the Education Bureau announced yesterday that the secondary school diploma examination will be held as scheduled, and all schools in Hong Kong will resume classes as early as April 20.

The Secretary for Education, Mr. Yang Runxiong, today (26th) received a telephone interview on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium", stating that the government will give top priority to the health and safety of students and staff of the test center, but the diploma test is an important test. In the future, should I count the employment and further education? "He emphasized that the safety facilities of the examination room had been strengthened, and he also learned from the 2003 SARS and college entrance examination practices.

He also hoped that classes could be resumed as soon as possible, but emphasized that students' health and public health could not be ignored, also known as the overall epidemic situation, school preparation efforts, and supply and demand of market anti-epidemic materials. Listeners who were former teachers criticized the bureau for refusing to compress the summer vacation, believing that it would cause losses to students.

Yang Runxiong believes that the diploma examination and resumption arrangements must be based on the interests of students. (Profile picture)

He said that at that time, he will make adequate preparations to strengthen the examination room safety facilities and follow-up procedures, including enhancing the cleanliness of the venue, measuring body temperature, wearing masks throughout, and separating candidates from seats by 1.8 meters, etc. He believes that the diploma test is "still available for examination". Drawing on the practice of the 2003 college entrance examination and college entrance examination.

The HKEAA will also prepare 500,000 surgical masks for candidates in Hong Kong. Yang pointed out that the Hong Kong government is aware of the tight supply of masks. To avoid candidates' concerns, the government has decided to take stock of export masks for distribution and provide basic needs.

As for the arrangement of resumption of classes, he emphasized that the interests of students should be taken as the basis, and that the needs of studies should be balanced with the protection of students' health. He mentioned that, in addition to the China-Hong Kong epidemic, infection cases have been recorded in surrounding areas, and schools are preparing for the effort. The supply and demand of market anti-epidemic materials are also considered as a whole.

The market is hard to find. Yang pointed out that the market lacks masks and many parents have not been able to buy them. "Some of them have high prices, but they are not fully bought. The most important thing is that the market has sufficient supplies." He also mentioned that The government is also making purchases.

Will you wait for the price of the masks to come back? Yang Wei did not respond positively, but he stated that he knew that many parents were worried that their children would be trapped at home, and that they needed to make a balance in the end, but stressed that children must not be put at risk for their health.

Some parents questioned that the Education Bureau did not plan to reduce the summer vacation. Yang Runxiong explained that most of the teaching is still in progress. I believe that after the resumption of school, the school will make changes in the curriculum depending on the progress. He went on to point out that senior students can learn in a variety of ways, and that for younger students and even kindergarten students, "(parents) do homework at home and take care of themselves are all a kind of learning." He expects parents to trust the school profession. He hopes to resume classes as soon as possible, but emphasizes that students' health and public health cannot be ignored.

Teachers in special schools expressed concerns because it was difficult to ensure that students with special needs wore masks. Parents of recent candidates agreed with the Education Bureau's arrangements that the progress of the school could proceed as scheduled, but worried that the 1.8-meter seat separation was unfair.

The retired male teacher listened that the bureau was irresponsible to refuse to compress the summer vacation. Because the regular curriculum itself is urgent and needs to be supplemented every day, the bureau should do special things to allow students to recover the progress. "The machine gun won't work. But bearing the consequences is the student, and the student loss is huge."

The Education Bureau announced yesterday that the earliest resumption date for schools in Hong Kong is April 20th, but the exact date is yet to be further evaluated and they are inclined to resume classes in stages. The Administration does not think that it is necessary to change the summer vacation arrangements. It will be left to the school-based decision, and the territory-wide system assessment will be cancelled this school year.

As for the diploma test for secondary schools, it will start on March 27 as scheduled. The written test and oral English test will be held as scheduled. The internship test for sports and music will be held until May. The oral test for Chinese will be changed from May 18 to 26. It will be held until July 15th.

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