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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2021-01-06 22:22
The last update date: 2021-01-06 22:23
The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues. The Education Bureau announced earlier that all primary and secondary schools and tuition agencies in Hong Kong must continue to suspend classes until the Lunar New Year holidays to maintain online learning. However, considering that face-to-face classes have been suspended for a long time, the Education Bureau has limited the arrangements for returning to school. The previous arrangement of only allowing Secondary Six and Primary Six students to return to school has been extended to other levels of students. Schools can decide on the class of return to school based on school-based circumstances.
Some elementary school principals stated that only primary six students will be arranged to return to school in the three weeks before the Lunar New Year holiday, hoping to seize the "last time" to prepare students for secondary school.
Some secondary school principals pointed out that they will arrange for the sixth form students who have to take the public examination and the form three students who are about to face high school choices to return to school.
The Education Bureau allows secondary schools to arrange two batches of students every day to go back to school for half a day of physical classes. The number of students in each session is limited to one sixth of the school’s students.
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As for secondary schools, the Education Bureau allows each school to resume two half-day classes every day. Each session is capped at one-sixth of the number of students in the school. In order to prevent students from eating outside, they must be students of different classes in the morning and afternoon on the same day.
The Chairman of the Subsidized Secondary School Council, Liu Zhenhong, believes that the relaxation of the Education Bureau is a good thing, because it has listened to the opinions of the academic community: "Six open examinations and secondary five courses are tight, and some schools will arrange for them to return to school; but Secondary Three is close to subject selection, which requires performance reference. The Education Bureau provides flexibility to schools for school-based decisions, which are easier to handle."
Liu Zhenhong, chairman of the Subsidized Secondary School Council, believes that the new arrangement provides schools with flexibility.
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Leshantang Yu Jinqing Middle School Form 6 students return to the morning Form 3 students return to the afternoon
Liu Zhenhong, who is also the principal of Leshantang Yu Jinqing Middle School, said that there will be about three weeks from next Monday to the Lunar New Year holiday. Considering that the more people go back to school, the higher the risk, plus the important moments of public examinations and subject selection in Form 6 and Form 3. Therefore, S6 students are arranged to return to school in the morning and S3 students to return to school in the afternoon. "Six students have already taken a mock test earlier, but to deal with the public exam, we arranged for S3 students to have physical classes for one week, and then take the test two weeks later. For reference in selected subjects."
As for the content of the class, Liu Zhenhong revealed that he was worried that the pressure of the sixth form students would be too great, so he kept the music, sports, and art classes, hoping that the students would have time to relax.
The school reserves time for disinfection. The school arranges 45 minutes to disinfect public spaces such as the school’s playground and toilets between the two morning sessions to reduce the risk of virus transmission.
As other grades continue to take real-time online lessons, the school has installed online lesson equipment in the classrooms of the school and arranged a 10-minute break between every two sessions to facilitate the transfer of teachers. "After finishing Secondary 6 or Secondary 3, the next classroom is already Online lessons are available."
The principal of Tseung Kwan O Methodist Primary School, Lam De-Yu, said that he would arrange for the primary six students to go back to school for half a day and grasp the "last time" before entering secondary school to prepare.
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As for primary schools, the Education Bureau only allows schools to conduct half-day face-to-face instruction or examinations in the morning, and the same limit is one in six students.
The principal of Tseung Kwan O Methodist Primary School, Lam Tak Yuk, said that the number of students in Hong Kong is so large that many parents think that the epidemic has not fallen to single digits and it is not suitable for resuming classes, and the Education Bureau's arrangement is reasonable.
Taking into account the high self-care ability of primary six students, the school will arrange for the upcoming primary six students to return to school, prepare for sub-examination and promotion interviews, "After deducting the holidays, the primary six students only have 4 to 5 months to be promoted. I didn’t go to school normally since January last year. I want to use the last time to prepare for high school. In addition, some middle schools arrange interviews during the self-allocation stage. Teachers who return to school can help prepare."
The epidemic continued to be accepted for one year. Lin Deyu bluntly stated that the social skills and interpersonal development of students were obviously affected. Therefore, the school successively arranged online workshops and activities in the afternoon to provide opportunities for students to get along with their peers.
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