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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2021-01-10 02:56
Last update date: 2021-01-10 02:57
A question about Sino-Japanese relations in the History of the 2020 Diploma Examination was controversial. The Examination Bureau finally cancelled the question. The former History Assessment and Development Manager Yang Yingyu disclosed in an interview earlier that he had resigned under great political pressure and questioned some people because of politics. Need to misinterpret the title.
The Appraisal Bureau later issued a statement to refute it, emphasizing that it never pressured or instructed Yang to resign.
Yang Yingyu issued a statement to various media in Hong Kong late on the night of January 9 that the re-application for resignation originated from a meeting with the management of the HKEAA on July 22, and he had no intention of resigning before the meeting.
He believes that open questions on Sino-Japanese relations have also been set up in the Hong Kong History Examination for decades, and the Education Bureau's textbooks also cover the positive and negative effects of Japan on China during that period. He does not agree that the design of the questions deviates from the learning and evaluation goals of high school history.
He also revealed that the examination and approval situation of the candidates for the examination committee has undergone tremendous changes in recent years, and that it is only based on the principle of confidentiality and does not comment on specific operations.
Yang Yingyu also pointed out that recently someone pretended that he had sent a sauna advertisement and women's swimming photos to the HKEAA to protect the personal safety of his family. He announced that he would decline the invitation to visit the test questions and events, and would not comment or respond to the test questions in public.
Many interviews burst into tears
A question about Sino-Japanese relations in the 2020 Diploma Examination History subject "Japan brought more benefits to China from 1900 to 1945, do you agree with this?" It caused controversy. After the Education Bureau requested it, it finally announced its cancellation. Test questions.
Yang Yingyu, former manager of the Assessment and Development Department of the History Section of the Appraisal Bureau, was interviewed by a number of media last month. He said that he was resigning because of huge political pressure. He questioned whether the test question was misinterpreted by political needs. During the interview, he burst into tears. The answer that obscures the candidates is heartbroken.
▼The full text of the Appraisal Bureau and Yang Yingyu's statement▼
Appraisal Bureau: Management never pressured or instructed Yang to resign
The Appraisal Bureau issued a statement on December 30, 2020, stating that the appointment and dismissal, treatment and promotion of personnel have been handled fairly in accordance with established procedures and relevant laws, reiterating that Yang Yingyu’s resignation was "purely because of her personal resignation to the bureau", emphasizing the committee and management The management never pressured Yang, did not leave him for any discussion or arrangement, and did not instruct anyone to ask him to resign.
On July 22, the management of the Appraisal Bureau met to discuss its going and staying without resignation.
Yang Yingyu issued a statement to many local media at 11:53 on the night of January 9th. The decision to reapply resignation originated from a meeting in the afternoon of July 22, 2020. The management of the HKEAA discussed with him the issue of his own stay. He said that he was convinced that the information provided by the management at the meeting was true, so he submitted a letter of resignation to "guarantee his life."
He emphasized that before the meeting, he had no idea of resignation, and he has been actively preparing for the 2021 history examination work.
It is said that there has been a huge change in the examination and approval of the candidates for the examination committee, and it will be kept confidential and will not comment on the specific operation
Members of the Examination and Assessment Committee of the HKEAA were alleged to have been joined by persons arranged by the Education Bureau. In response to media enquiries last year, the Education Bureau stated that no staff had been assigned to the History Examination Committee of the HKEAA, but admitted that there were teachers employed by the Education Bureau in their personal capacity. "Join.
The Appraisal Bureau stated earlier that the assessment work involves confidential information. If anyone is suspected of leaking confidential information or publishing reports and remarks that are inconsistent with the facts, they must follow up seriously.
Yang Yingyu’s statement reiterated that she has always strictly adhered to the confidentiality principle of the Examinations and Assessment Bureau, even when interviewed, but her personal experience has seen that the examination and approval situation of candidates for the examination committee has undergone tremendous changes in recent years. Based on the confidentiality principle, no specific operation is commented.
Yang Yingyu, manager of the pre-assessment development department of the History Section of the Appraisal Bureau.
(Picture on the website of the Appraisal Bureau)
Education Bureau textbook covers Japan’s positive and negative influence on China
The Appraisal Bureau cancelled the history test questions, and some recent candidates lost the judicial review.
Yang Yingyu believes that the judicial review only means that there is no problem with the procedure for canceling the subject, and does not mean that the decision to cancel the subject is fine.
He quoted Judge Gao Wenhao in the judicial review verdict: If it is said that candidates with better grades will be "misled" by the topic, it is insulting them; "harming national sentiment and dignity" is not related to the curriculum and assessment. All emotions are due to political correctness and self-censorship.
He explained that both the teaching kits published by the Education Bureau and the history textbooks approved by the Education Bureau covered the positive and negative effects of Japan on China during that period. He did not agree that the topic design deviated from the "Curriculum and Assessment" The learning and assessment objectives of the Guidelines.
Have tested the issue of opening up Sino-Japanese relations in the past
When the Examinations and Appraisal Bureau cancelled the test questions, it stated, "Although the question setting is open-ended, in terms of the public examination of secondary schools, the historical setting in China in the first half of the twentieth century is not suitable, and it has failed to implement the fair assessment of the HKDSE. And the principle of handling sensitive issues in accordance with guidelines when setting questions."
Yang Yingyu retorted that in Hong Kong’s high school history public examinations over the past few decades, many open-ended questions were set up on China, Sino-Japanese relations, and Japanese militarism in the first half of the 20th century, including the history examination papers of the 1989 Higher Level Examination. "Try to comment on the diplomatic and cultural relations between China and Japan during 1912-45." He believes that the History Department can explore different dimensions in the history of Sino-Japanese relations, except for "politically correct "outrage against China"."
The "yellow letter" sent under an impersonation is "sealed" from now on
In addition, Yang Yingyu stated that after being interviewed by many media earlier, someone sent a letter to the HKEAA under his pretense that he had switched to a "pornographic career". He reiterated that the letter was not written by him and he did not know anyone on the list. He believed The letter is a clear warning to him. Taking into account the protection of the personal safety of his family, he announced that "I will decline invitations from media friends to visit the test questions and will not comment or respond to the test questions in public."
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