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Written by: Ruimin Zhai
2020-03-12 13:17
Last updated: 2020-03-12 13:19The new crown pneumonia epidemic of "Wuhan pneumonia" has continued. The Education Bureau announced earlier that the secondary school diploma test will start as usual on the 27th of this month, and that primary and secondary schools and kindergartens will resume classes no earlier than April 20.
The Federation of Educators held a press conference today (12th), announcing that it has collected 150,000 masks to support the education sector's epidemic prevention. Next week will be an online lottery for members to purchase 1 box of masks, and 2 packs of children The masks and 1 anti-epidemic package allow teachers to transfer them to school workers and school children, with a total of 1,000 places.
In addition, the Education Federation will work with interested people to set up a local mask production line. It is expected to start production in April and will produce 200,000 children's masks daily.
The Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Associations, Huang Jinliang, suggested that classes should be resumed in stages and that secondary schools should take the lead next month. (Photo by Yu Junliang)
2 fully automated mask production lines put into production in April
Primary and secondary schools and kindergartens may resume classes after the Easter holiday. The Federation has recently received feedback from many principals that although the Education Bureau has issued epidemic prevention subsidies earlier, due to the high price of masks, it is difficult for schools to meet Buy masks in principle.
In order to support the epidemic prevention in the academic circle, the Education Federation has collected 150,000 masks and launched the "Educational Community Joins the Epidemic 121 Plus" program, which will provide 1,000 places. Members can register online next week and purchase 1 box of 50 Adult masks come with 2 packs of 10 children's masks and 1 pack of 10 masks for epidemic prevention, for teachers to donate students and workers in need. In addition, the Education Federation will provide 500 schools with a total of 50,000 masks and 1,000 hand rubs for emergency use.
In order to cope with the long-term needs of school children for masks after school, the teaching federation has reached out to interested people and opened 2 fully automated mask production lines locally. It is expected to be put into production in April, and 200,000 children's masks will be produced daily. Schools are studying to make Priority order method.
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Deng Fei, Vice Chairman of the Education Federation. (Photo by Yu Junliang)
Huang Jinliang: Resumption of classes should be carried out in stages
The chairman of the Federation of Education Federations, Huang Jinliang, criticized the Education Bureau for ignoring the shortage of masks in academic circles, and only dealt with it by itself, and would reflect the school's demands to the authorities. Regarding the arrangement of resumption of classes, Huang Jinliang pointed out that the academic community had a preliminary consensus on the staged implementation, and suggested that the middle school should be resumed first, the elementary school should be postponed to resume in May, and the kindergarten should be postponed. In order to avoid the risk of cross infection during lunch, Huang Jinliang suggested that schools should be changed to half-day, and the Bureau should also listen to experts' advice to ensure that the epidemic would not spread in schools.
Regarding the photos circulated on the Internet, the masks issued by the HKEAA to diploma candidates were extremely thin. Deng Fei, vice chairman of the Education Federation, said that no complaints had been received and the quality of the masks received by his school was no problem. Huang Jinliang pointed out that the Bureau is responsible for ensuring that candidates receive adequate masks, and the Education Federation will also provide assistance.
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