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Written by: Deng Yinglin, Chen Xinxi
2020-07-04 21:52
Last update date: 2020-07-04 21:52The DSS Confucian Church Middle School was revealed to be involved in illegally borrowing classrooms to the private school Jinde School of the same school group, which was requested to be corrected by the Education Bureau; and the school’s former principal Yang Shaorong, who was scheduled to take office in September this year, was also questioned. Insufficient administrative experience.
School sponsors Kong Shengtang, Jinde Education Fund, Kong Shengtang Middle School and Jinde School issued a statement on Saturday morning, revealing that after "Hong Kong 01" asked Kong Zhong about Yang Shaorong's qualifications, Yang Xiang expressed no intention to sign a contract. Since Kong Zhong’s current principal, Yang Yonghan, will only serve until this school year, the school will restart the recruitment process and find another successor.
"Hong Kong 01" this Thursday (2nd) morning, inquired about the qualifications of the principal Yang Shaorong and the selection process of Kong Shengtang Middle School. After the report was published yesterday (3rd), the school sponsoring group Kong Shengtang, Jinde Education The Fund, Kong Shengtang Middle School and Jinde School issued an open joint statement to the media through lawyers in the early hours of today (4th).
The statement reaffirmed that the Confucius Institute Board of Directors recruited principals in strict accordance with the regulations of the Education Bureau, and emphasized that Yang Shaorong’s qualifications are in line with the regulations and is also a student of this year’s principal class. The allegations are false.
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The school sponsoring group admitted that they had borrowed the classroom and then revealed the private school of the Confucius Shengtang Middle School for 2 million yuan.
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Kong Zhong said "extreme regret" for not signing Yang Shaorong
The statement also revealed that while the Education Bureau was handling Yang Shaorong’s nomination as the next principal of Confucius, Yang Shaorong had indicated to Confucius the day before yesterday (2nd) that he would not sign the contract. "The day before yesterday, Mr. Yang decided not to sign the principal’s Employment contracts".
Kong Zhong felt "extremely sorry" for the incident. Since the current principal Yang Yonghan still retires on August 31 this year, Kong Zhong "learned that Mr. Yang had no intention to become the principal of Kong Zhong and immediately initiated the contingency process." I hope to hire a "qualified and enthusiastic educator" as soon as possible to succeed the principal.
Jinde School posted a post on the Facebook page on June 23, and the picture thanked the kindergarten representatives for visiting on June 18. The first left in the photo is the principal of Jinde School, Jane Lancaster-Adlam. After "Hong Kong 01" inquired about the photos and the media reports, until the morning of July 3, the Jinde page has deleted this photo. On July 4, the public statement issued by the school sponsoring group Kong Shengtang, Jinde Education Fund, Kong Shengtang Middle School and Jinde School stated that Jinde Primary School had moved out of the classroom in February this year. borrow". ("Chinese Academy Hong Kong Jinde School" facebook screenshot)
Borrowing the office to Jinde is too long and the arrangement has been terminated in February
As for the question that it was illegal to borrow rooms 206 and 207 for Jinde free of charge, the statement stated that both rooms 206 and 207 were "temporarily borrowed for the use of Jin Xiaozhu as a temporary office", and later borrowed for a long time, and had been rented as recommended by the Education Bureau. And to terminate the relevant arrangements until February this year. The Jinde Facebook post on June 23 showed that the principal of Jinde still occupied one of the classrooms that had been returned. The statement said that Jinde Primary School had moved out of the classroom in February, and the others were "interim borrowing" that calculated the fees one by one. .
Ye Jianyuan, a member of the Legislative Council in the education sector who has been following the incident, yesterday officially wrote to the Secretary for Education Yang Runxiong, criticizing that although DSS schools can enjoy greater flexibility in resource allocation and hiring, they should comply with the "Educational Provisions" and "Educational Regulations"例” and other relevant legal requirements, requiring the Education Bureau to check the actual period, specific rental income and whereabouts of the loaned classrooms to Jinde by Kongzhong; and follow up whether the selection process of the original principal-elect is appropriate and fair, etc., to ensure the school Management and accounts are legal and compliant.
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