01investigation │ Kong Shengtang Middle School said that borrowing classrooms does not hinder the operation of the Education Bureau report kicked the library and was forced to move

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Written by: Chen Xinxi

2020-05-14 07:00

The direct-funded Kongshengtang Middle School was revealed to violate the regulations of the Education Bureau, and the classroom was lent to a private school of the same department without charging nearly 4 million yuan in rent. The Education Bureau pointed out last year that Kong Zhong stated that he had consulted stakeholders on loaning school premises on the premise of not affecting daily operations, but received no objection.

However, the Education Bureau ’s comprehensive evaluation report on Confucius was exploded. Confucius ’loan of the school building had a real impact on the school ’s operation. The school library has been relocated many times, stopping reading promotion, and the loss of teachers has a great impact on teaching.

A teacher who taught in Confucius several years ago pointed out that the school has been reducing the salaries of teachers by 20% to 30% due to financial difficulties. . Kong Zhong did not respond before the deadline.

The direct-funded Kong Sheng Tang Middle School loaned classrooms to the Jinde Fund in 2015. Kong Zhong pointed out to the Education Bureau that he had consulted on the loan of the school premises without affecting the operation of the school and received no objections. However, a report by the Education Bureau revealed that the loan of school buildings greatly affected the operation of Kongzhong. (Photo by Lu Yiming)

In 2015, I borrowed from the classroom and said that I had no objections

"Hong Kong 01" reported on Wednesday (13th) that the Hong Kong Confucius Church, a school sponsoring group, signed a secret agreement in 2015 to lend the seven classrooms in the Confucius Institute to the Jinde Fund, five of which were approved by the Education Bureau as private Jinde in 2017. The school's school building, but the remaining two converted to Jinde's school affairs office and principal's office, has not been returned; Kong Zhong did not collect rent, which violated the regulations of the Education Bureau.

The reporter asked the Education Bureau last year about the rationale for approving Jinde School to use the Confucian school premises, and whether it had consulted parents and students. The bureau replied that "Kong Sheng Tang Middle School stated that it has fully consulted the stakeholders on the arrangement of Jinde School to borrow part of the facilities of the middle school without affecting the daily operation of the middle school. No objections were received."

According to the regulations, five years after the school is converted to DSS, the Education Bureau will send staff to the school for a comprehensive evaluation. From April to May 2017, 11 staff from the Education Bureau went to Confucius for evaluation, meeting with school board members, principals and other teaching staff, social workers, parents and students, as well as observing lessons and sampling examination papers. Expose the various problems caused by Kong Zhong's loan of the school building to Jinde.

"Hong Kong 01" reported on Wednesday (13th) that the DSS Kongshengtang Middle School lent two classrooms to private schools in the same department and converted it into a private school office. The photo on the Confucius School website shows that the school affairs office has been rebuilt in May 2017, when Jinde was not even approved by the Education Bureau for registration. (Photo of Kongzhong School Net)

Evaluation Report of the Education Bureau: The School Management Committee is busy running primary schools to ease supervision

First of all, the appraisal report rarely criticized the Confucian School Board of Governors, pointing directly to “In recent years, the school board has been busy preparing for new primary schools and the supervision of schools has been loosened”. The school did not respond positively, and the report stated more clearly that "sponsoring bodies must strengthen the monitoring of the IMC to ensure that they can effectively manage and supervise the school."

The report did not mention how the Confucian School Council prepared a new elementary school. However, according to the information, Confucius ’2016/17 School Council had a total of 10 members, six of whom were the church directors of Kong Shengtang, and three of them were also concurrently The directors of the Jinde Fund include the then Chairman of Kong Shengtang, the principal of Wang Jinhui Primary and Secondary School of the HKBU Affiliated School Chen Weijia, the directors Guo Shaotang and Li Jinzhong.

The evaluation report also revealed the remaining two major issues, including the multiple relocations of the school library, "the work of promoting reading has also stopped", and pointed out that the turnover rate of teachers is high, and seven adults have less than five years of service in the school. The change has a great impact on teaching and administrative work, and many senior teachers leave the school, so that the deputy principals need to concurrently serve as tutor, school affairs and examination director.

"Hong Kong 01" obtained a secret agreement signed between Kong Shengtang and Jinde Fund in 2015, stating the allocation of part of the school premises in the direct-funded Kongzhong to Jinde and the arrangement of Jinde donating to Kong Shengtang. According to the Education Bureau, I did not know that Kong Shengtang and Jin De had signed an agreement. (Photo by Chen Xinxi)

Teacher Kong Zhong: It is unfair to the teacher to lend the classroom for free

The teacher Mandy (pseudonym) who taught in Confucius several years ago confirmed to "Hong Kong 01" that the school library was originally in the new wing rooms 208 and 209, but in 2015 the school handed over the entire new wing five classrooms to Jinde. In the same year, the new wing enclosed and repaired, "The library was forced to close. At that time, another classroom was changed to a temporary library, but only past paper was put, and students could not borrow books."

Mandy pointed out that the library moved more than once and was finally reset on the top floor of the auditorium. However, the student's useless situation lasted for more than a year. "The new library will not be reopened until the Bureau of Education comes to the school for evaluation." She continued by referring to the fact that there was an activity space on the third floor of the New Wing that was opened by several classrooms. It was originally used as an indoor teaching activity, but since it was assigned to Jinde, teachers and students in Confucius can no longer use it.

As for the high rate of teacher turnover, Mandy explained that the salary was all lowered, "Three pay freezes since 2013, three points less than other schools, that is, two to 30% lower labor, the point will retain the teacher "She criticized that Kong Zhong claimed that the financial hardship but at the same time lent the classroom free of charge was extremely unfair to the teacher." Obviously paying the rent, it can already make up for the teacher's labor. Why doesn't the school do it? "

The 309 to 310 rooms in the new wing of Confucius were once the school ’s larger indoor teaching space, but Kong Shengtang allocated a total of five classrooms in the new wing to the private Jinde School, making Confucian teachers and students unusable. . The picture is a picture of the website of Jinde School, showing the situation after the classroom is opened. (Picture of Jinde School website)

After the report was published, the Confucius Lieutenant Colonel's network urgently deleted the photos

The reporter inquired from Kong Zhong yesterday, when the school lent facilities to Jinde School to consult stakeholders, and why it said that the school lent the school premises on the premise that it would not affect the daily operation of the middle school, but later the evaluation of the Education Bureau revealed the actual operation Issues such as the impact were not answered at the time of the deadline.

In addition, after "Hong Kong 01" published the report yesterday, Kong Zhong immediately deleted the photos mentioned in the report on the school website, including the photo of the 2017 event that proved that Room 207 was converted into the school office of Jinde School, and the completion of the new wing. Visited photos of the rebuilt Legislative Council members. In addition, all school plans showing classroom plans were deleted.

The picture of the Confucian School quoted in the report of "Hong Kong 01" on Wednesday belongs to the school's event called "Visiting Descendants of Confucius" in May 2017. After the report was published, the entire event and all photos were deleted by the school on the same day. (Screenshot of Kongzhong School Network)

Ye Jianyuan: Education Bureau must follow up seriously Yang Runxiong: Will investigate

Regarding Kong Zhong ’s unauthorized lending of classrooms and illegal rent collection, Ye Jianyuan, a member of the Legislative Council of the education sector, yesterday pointed out that the incident was serious in nature and believed that Kong Zhong ’s loan of classrooms caused the school library to be relocated. In addition, Kong Shengtang also needs to explain the whereabouts of donations received through the agreement, and the Education Bureau must strictly follow up and explain the incident to the public.

When asked about the incident yesterday, Yang Runxiong, the Secretary for Education, said that more time is needed to understand, and the Bureau will conduct an investigation, emphasizing that subsidized schools must follow the guidelines when lending school premises.

Kong Shengtang and Jinde Fund announced in April 2017 that they will jointly establish a private Jinde School. The two parties have signed a secret agreement as early as May 2015 to reach a consensus on the allocation of Confucius School premises, but there has been no disclosure. (Profile picture)

Excerpts from the Education Bureau's comprehensive evaluation report of Dzi Kong Shengtang Middle School (August 2017):

In recent years (Confucius Central), the school management committee has been busy preparing for new primary schools, and the supervision of the school has been relaxed. Although some members of the school management committee have urged schools to review school-based administrative measures, optimize school-based courses and teaching methods, etc., the school has not responded positively.

However, according to the observation, many students did not read seriously during the early reading period, their reading interests and habits have not been established, and the campus lacks a reading atmosphere. During the last school year, the library was relocated many times, and the work of promoting reading stopped.

In recent years, the turnover rate of teachers has been high. At present, 70% of teachers have less than five years of service in the school ... Frequent personnel changes have a great impact on teaching and administrative work ... Several senior teachers have left the school this school ... The vice principal also Need to serve as the life guidance director under the school style and student support group, as well as the school affairs director and examination director under the teaching affairs and school affairs group; the school style and student support group director is also served by the discipline director, but he is mainly responsible for the implementation of the discipline work, Failed to play the role of coordinating and monitoring.

The secret agreement of Kong Shengtang Jinde obtained by "Hong Kong 01":

On May 22, 2015, Hong Kong Confucius Church and Jinde Fund signed two agreements on the joint operation of a private Jinde School. This is the first agreement that Confucius Church will allocate the direct-funded Confucian School to Jinde. (Screenshot of Kong Shengtang Jinde Fund Agreement)

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