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[New Crown Pneumonia] Five strokes after the resumption of classes at Wong Yan College

2020-03-05T00:06:17.872Z


The outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia (also known as Wuhan pneumonia) has continued. Schools in Hong Kong have been suspended since the Lunar New Year. Classes will resume on April 20 at the earliest. Many schools adjust their schedules to keep up with teaching progress. The "head of the official school" Huang Yan College issued a notice to parents on Tuesday (3rd) announcing the five progress of the recovery process. When the mid-term final exam is delayed for more than two weeks before the test is started, the whole school must make up lessons before and after the exam; post-test activities are canceled, and the main class is changed to normal classes, even on the last day of the semester. Secondary 4 and 5 students have to make up for lessons to recover their lost time. Every Saturday from early May to mid June, they have to go back to school to make up for half a day. The summer vacation has "shrinked". On the 14th, they have to go back to school all day. For three weeks, the school stressed that it was a mandatory arrangement. Some principals stated that it was difficult to catch up with the teaching progress during the suspension period. It is expected that only half of the original teaching content could be completed before the resumption of classes at the end of April. Therefore, the scope of the final exam will be reduced, and the post-test activities will be used to make up the classroom.


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Written by: Hu Jiaxin

2020-03-05 08:00

Last updated: 2020-03-05 08:00

The outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia (also known as Wuhan pneumonia) has continued. Schools in Hong Kong have been suspended since the Lunar New Year. Classes will resume on April 20 at the earliest. Many schools adjust their schedules to keep up with teaching progress.

The "head of the official school" Huang Yan College issued a notice to parents on Tuesday (3rd) announcing the five progress of the recovery process. When the mid-term final exam is delayed for more than two weeks before the test is started, the whole school must make up lessons before and after the exam; post-test activities are canceled, and the main class is changed to normal classes, even on the last day of the semester. Secondary 4 and 5 students have to make up for lessons to recover their lost time. Every Saturday from early May to mid June, they have to go back to school to make up for half a day. The summer vacation has "shrinked". On the 14th, they have to go back to school all day. For three weeks, the school stressed that it was a mandatory arrangement.

Some principals stated that it was difficult to catch up with the teaching progress during the suspension period. It is expected that only half of the original teaching content could be completed before the resumption of classes at the end of April. Therefore, the scope of the final exam will be reduced, and the post-test activities will be used to make up the classroom.

In response to the extension of the resumption day, Wong Yan College will postpone the final exam and cancel the post-examination activities to arrange make-up lessons. (Profile picture)

↓↓ Notice of Revising School Calendar and Class Arrangement of Huangren College ↓↓

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Classes on the last day of the semester

In response to the epidemic, the suspension period for primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Hong Kong was about three months, which seriously affected teaching and examinations. Queen's College has recently issued a notice to parents to provide a new school calendar. The school is expected to resume classes on April 21 and the final exam will be postponed for more than two weeks. It will be held from mid-June to the end of June; post-test activities in July will be cancelled. The examination review and make-up lessons will be changed to S1 to S5. The summer vacation will start on July 14 as scheduled, and classes will also be held on the last day and July 13.

In order to keep up with the progress of the diploma test, S.4 and S.5 students need to make up lessons. From May to mid-June, high school students will have to make up three hours every Saturday. In addition, the summer vacation will be extended to July 25 and reduced to only one month. Students need to make up for a total of 14 days in mid-July and August. Involving three weeks. The school emphasized in the notice that students must be compulsory to attend all make-up lessons, indicating that students need to coordinate their summer activities.

New school calendar for Queen's College

Middle school: only 50% of teaching progress

Lin Rifeng, the principal of the Lions Club Middle School, said that although the school has been using the online platform to teach during the suspension period, it has not been able to keep up with the teaching progress of the next semester. If the class is resumed as scheduled at the end of April, half of the course is expected to be completed.

Lin Rifeng said that his school final exam will be held as scheduled, but will adjust the post-examination activities. Junior students will make up in the morning and participate in activities in the afternoon. Senior students will make up for lessons and do school-based assessments throughout the day. To 90% of the teaching goals, "the conference will be 100% complete." He continued that S5 students will have to make up for 10 days before the start of school, and other classes will depend on the progress of the teaching. It is expected that they will eventually be released on July 16 as scheduled. summer vacation.

Primary school principal: expected to extend the summer vacation for a week

Lai Ziwen, the principal of Xingde School and the honorary chairman of the Principals Association of Aided Primary Schools, stated that under online teaching, the school has completed 60 to 70% of the teaching progress, and believes that it can reach the standard before the resumption of classes, but in order to ensure that students can fully grasp the learning, it is expected that Extend the final exam held in early June to the middle of the month, reduce post-exam activities and summer vacation for about a week to extend the face-to-face class time.

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