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Written by: Wei Jingquan
2020-05-16 02:53
Last update date: 2020-05-16 02:53The history course of the secondary school diploma exam started on Thursday (15th). A question about Japan ’s benefits for China has caused controversy. Some people familiar with the matter revealed to "Hong Kong 01" that some officials of the Education Bureau had participated in the committees of examination of subjects in an unofficial capacity. There are reports that the history subject involved this time, and an official from the Curriculum Development Institute of the Education Bureau is in the history subject review committee.
The Education Bureau issued a statement early this morning (16th), emphasizing that the teacher had been invited to join as a "personal identity" before being hired by the Education Bureau, clarified that there was no "send" to join, and emphasized that the members concerned must be kept strictly confidential Disclosure of test questions to the outside world, including the Education Bureau. The Bureau did not name the criticism of the "Apple Daily" before it grasped the facts, that is, it publicly stated that the Education Bureau had known the test questions before the opening of the exam, and even titled "Setting the bureau to blame". .
Education Bureau: The bureau official joins the examination committee as an individual before being hired by the Bureau
The Education Bureau issued a statement late at night, acknowledging that the teachers employed by the Education Bureau had been in their personal capacity before being hired. They were invited by the Evaluation Bureau to join this year's History Examination Committee and applied for external work to continue the work of the Committee after their appointment. Based on the confidentiality principle of the Question Examination Committee, the relevant personnel do not have or should not disclose the content of the test questions to other people, including to any colleagues or supervisors of the Education Bureau.
The Bureau stated that in 2019, nominees were nominated to join the Examination Bureau's History Examination Committee, but they were not invited, so it was clarified that no members have been sent to join the committee so far. The spokesman said that he had asked to join the committee for reviewing subjects in other subjects. Even if some people are invited to serve as members of the committee, these personnel must be kept strictly confidential. The bureau said that in the past two years, it has repeatedly requested nominating employees to join different subject committees, but whether to accept the nomination, what kind of responsibilities to take, and at what stage to participate in the question and review work is entirely determined by the assessment bureau.
Yang Runxiong, director of the Education Bureau, said that the quality supervisors of the Education Bureau will be sent to investigate next Monday to understand the mechanism of the examination and evaluation of questions by the Evaluation Bureau. (Photo by Yu Junliang)
No naming, regret, "Apple Daily" report "setting up to blame"
The Education Bureau pointed out that the focus of this controversy was on the relevance of the questions in the history of the HKDSE, and called on all parties to face up to the relevant issues together. They should not be deliberately misled or divert their attention. The Education Bureau had known the test questions before starting the exams, and even took the title of "setting up a scapegoat", which seriously damaged the integrity of the Education Bureau. I deeply regret this.
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