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Written by: Kuang Xiaobin
2020-08-17 20:18
Last update date: 2020-08-17 20:19The HKEAA announced today (17th) that the current Secretary General Su Guosheng, who was involved in the turmoil in this year’s Diploma of Secondary Education History Test Questions on Sino-Japanese Relations, will leave his post after completing his term in March 2021. The HKEAA also announced the start of recruitment; Yang Yingyu, Manager of the Evaluation Development Department (History), has also resigned recently, but the personnel changes involving the History Department have not yet been completed.
It is understood that Liu Zhipeng, chairman of the History Section of the Appraisal Bureau, completed his term of office for three terms at the end of this month for a total of six years and cannot be re-elected as required. The subject committee will select a chairperson from among the committee members at the first meeting in September. However, the History Committee does not yet have a list of members for the next term. According to people familiar with the matter, generally speaking, the chairman is a senior history professor nominated by the university.
It is understood that Liu Zhipeng, chairman of the History Section of the Appraisal Bureau, completed his term of office for three terms at the end of this month for a total of six years and cannot be re-elected as required. (Profile picture)
The chairman of the current History Committee is Liu Zhipeng, a professor of history at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. The members include Yang Yingyu, the manager of the Evaluation Development Department (History), who has resigned a few days ago, and the Director of Curriculum Development (Individual and Social, Curriculum Development Institute, Education Bureau). And humanities education) He Wenshi and so on.
It is understood that the current term of the History Committee will expire on August 31. The chairman Liu Zhipeng has served for 3 terms for a total of 6 years. According to regulations, he cannot be re-elected. Therefore, after the Board of Appraisal appoints the members of the new committee, the first meeting of the new school year will be held in September during which a new committee chair will be elected from each other.
It is known that the chairman of the History Committee is generally nominated by a senior history professor nominated by the university. The list of members for this term has not been determined. However, people familiar with the matter pointed out that the vice dean of the Faculty of Arts, the professor of history and the historian John Gao, M. Carroll) is relatively senior and may serve as one of the members of the new committee.
Regarding the history test questions, Liu Zhipeng said earlier that the terminology of the question is "Offensive" and harmful, and errors have been made in the design of the questions. (Profile picture)
Liu Zhipeng had been interviewed by "Hong Kong 01" earlier, and he said that the subject committee mainly discussed the question-making mode, the question materials, and whether the questions were appropriate. He also admitted that in the case of question disputes, the History Committee does not have a consulting role. The committee usually does not discuss and review the examination papers until October each year after obtaining the detailed data of the whole subject examination and the performance of the candidates, and described the work of the subject committee. It's like a "post-mortem." Regarding the history test questions, he believes that the terminology of the question is "Offensive" and harmful, and there has been an error in the design of the question.
Liu Zhipeng pointed out that in the case of question disputes, the History Committee does not have a consulting role. The committee usually does not discuss and review the examination papers until October each year after obtaining detailed data on the whole subject examination and candidates’ performance. (Profile picture)
The HKEAA stated earlier that members of the subject committee are nominated by institutions of higher learning, schools, education bureaus and vocational training bureaus. Before being appointed, the nominee must declare interests in accordance with the guidelines of the HKEAA, and agree to abide by the code of conduct set by the bureau, avoid any conflict of interest, and abide by the principle of confidentiality.
Subject committee members include subject teachers, university professors, and curriculum experts from the Education Bureau. The scope of the review includes whether the test papers and marking references are in line with the curriculum objectives and assessment objectives, the level of the test questions, the balance between basic knowledge and advanced abilities in the assessment, and the wording of the test paper , The clarity and appropriateness of the marking guidelines. The results of the review will be submitted to the "Question Review Committee" responsible for the next year's examination for follow-up, so that they can refer to when drafting questions to ensure the quality and continuous improvement of the examination papers.
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