New crown pneumonia|Cross-border students drop out of school indefinitely in resumption of classes

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Written by: Deng Yinglin

2020-08-18 07:30

Affected by the epidemic, the return of primary and secondary school students in Hong Kong to school is uncertain, and it is even more difficult to predict the day when cross-boundary students return to Hong Kong. Cross-border elementary school students have been suspended for more than half a year since the Lunar New Year holiday, and many parents have the idea of ​​dropping out. The principal of a school for children of Hong Kong people said that since the Hong Kong Education Bureau announced the suspension of classes in September earlier this month, the school has received more than 200 enquiries related to transfers in the first half of the month. So far, more than 200 people have signed up for transfers from Primary Two to Primary Five. One hundred people, an increase of several times over the previous school year. Among them, the number of students entering Primary Five is the most. Even if they were assigned to Band 1 school in Hong Kong, they chose to go to the Mainland because they were not able to return to Hong Kong to teach courses in September. Proceed to secondary school.

About 45% of the students in Tsuen Wan Chamber of Commerce School are cross-border students. The principal Zhou Jianhao said frankly that there were parents of cross-border students who considered dropping out of their children, but no actual action was taken. There were also parents who kept their local degrees and arranged for their children in private schools in the Mainland. Transfer to class.

Chen Haiyuan, principal of the Lo Wu Hong Kong Children’s School, pointed out that after the Hong Kong government announced in early August that classes would continue to be closed in September, within half a month, 200 to 300 parents have received enquiries. More than 100 students have formally submitted applications for admission, which is only 20 to 30 cases in the previous school year. Compared with applications, applications for transfer students have soared. (Profile picture)

Since the Education Bureau announced that they will not be able to return to school in September, they will accept 200 to 300 parents to inquire about transfers

The Luohu Hong Kong Children’s School, located in Luohu District, Shenzhen, is one of the few schools in the Mainland that specializes in recruiting Hong Kong students. The principal of the school, Chen Haiyuan, replied to the inquiry of "Hong Kong 01" that the amendments and the impact of the epidemic have been receiving enquiries from parents of cross-border students studying in Hong Kong regarding transfers, but most parents are concerned about returning to Hong Kong to study. Still holding a wait-and-see attitude, until the Hong Kong Education Bureau announced at the beginning of this month that it was still unable to return to school in September, less than half a month, the school has received enquiries from 200 to 300 parents. Among them, more than 100 students have officially submitted their admission applications, compared with last year. There were only 20 to 30 applications throughout the semester, and the number of students applying for transfer increased several times.

(Hong Kong) The epidemic situation will not get better. Although the meeting will always be over, many parents no longer want to wait. They call or visit the school to inquire, hoping to apply for transfer for their children, especially from primary four to primary five.

Parents worry about the impact of sub-examination performance, arrange for cross-border students to study in the Mainland

The Lo Wu Hong Kong Children’s School has a tuition fee of approximately RMB 10,900 per semester. Eligible students can participate in the Hong Kong Secondary School Places Allocation System, and graduates can choose to stay in the Mainland or return to Hong Kong to study in secondary schools. Chen Haiyuan said that some parents expect their children to enter secondary schools in Hong Kong in the future, but the Hong Kong epidemic has not stabilized, and cross-border students do not know when they can return to Hong Kong, while the epidemic situation in the Mainland is stable and schools can resume face-to-face courses. Many parents worry that long-term dependence on e-learning will affect Admission to secondary school is divided into examinations, but intends to transfer.

However, because Hong Kong’s sub-examination for promotion to secondary school spans Primary Five and Six, the school does not accept primary six transfer students. Chen pointed out that among the more than 100 transfer students who signed up, students entering Primary Five next school year accounted for the most, with more than 30 students.

Hong Kong students are afraid to give up Hong Kong Band 1 place for long-term online classes

Chen said that in the past, if the school’s graduates were admitted to Band 1 Middle School in Hong Kong, most graduates chose to go to Hong Kong for further studies. However, this year cross-border students indicated that they did not want to take long-term online classes, and finally gave up Hong Kong Band 1 school places and reported. Mainland middle schools.

The number of transfer applicants has greatly increased, but Chen Haiyuan bluntly said that the school has limited places and preliminary estimates can only admit about 20 transfer students. (Photo/Photo by Gao Zhongming)

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number of applicants who have good grades in priority admission and who have siblings studying in the Mainland has greatly increased, but the number of places is limited. Chen Haiyuan pointed out that it is initially estimated that only about 20 transfer students can be admitted, depending on the admission situation of primary one freshmen. Then decide whether to free up places to accept more transfer students. The transfer students come from many districts in Hong Kong. In order to facilitate adaptation, students with better learning ability and foundation, and those who have brothers and sisters studying in the Mainland will be given priority. Chen Haiyuan explained, "Brothers and sisters can help with family counseling, and with support, they can adapt better. "In response to the fact that Hong Kong students generally have weak pinyin and receive slower mathematics courses than those in the Mainland, the school will arrange pinyin classes and thematic supplementary lessons to help Hong Kong students adapt.

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The principal of Tsuen Wan Chamber of Commerce School Zhou Jianhao said that many parents of cross-border students have considered dropping out, but have not yet received the actual withdrawal notice; some parents have revealed that they will reserve local places for their children and arrange for their children to transfer to private schools in the Mainland. (Provided by interviewee)

Some parents of cross-border students have reserved their Hong Kong degrees and arranged for their children to temporarily study in private schools in the Mainland.

About 45% of the students belong to the Tsuen Wan Chamber of Commerce School for cross-border students. The school has not yet received an actual withdrawal application. He pointed out that in order to prevent their children from going to school for too long, a small number of parents arranged for their children to transfer to private schools in the Mainland, but they have kept local places. They plan to arrange their children to return to Hong Kong to resume classes after the two places pass customs.

Zhou Jianhao bluntly said that the school has insisted on teaching in the past six months, but the effectiveness of online learning is not as good as face-to-face classrooms. Even if the teaching progress is closely followed, there are only 8 successful results at most. Therefore, there will be another topic-based learning video in the new school year. Each subject will upload a teaching video by subject. , It is convenient for students to learn by themselves; in addition, whole-person development is strengthened. In addition to the main subjects of Chinese and English mathematics, there are also real-time classes in the technical subjects.

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