Nearly 90% of principals and teachers are angry about the testing arrangements, and schools have set up public voting to pressure teachers

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Written by: Li Ziming

2021-02-05 13:48

The last update date: 2021-02-05 13:49

Yang Runxiong said at a press conference yesterday (4th) that if faculty members are regularly tested for viruses every two weeks, the Education Bureau will consider allowing these schools to resume half-day face-to-face classes earlier.

This measure immediately aroused dissatisfaction from the education sector and requested the Education Bureau to withdraw the relevant decision. The Hong Kong Education Professionals Association (Education Association) received replies from more than 10,000 principals and teachers within 18 hours, of which more than 90% considered it to be The sub-education bureau's decision is totally unjustified.

The industry criticizes that the Education Bureau test cannot be a condition for class resumption

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After the Education Bureau announced that the teachers and staff would be tested for the virus every two weeks, the Education Association immediately issued a questionnaire and held a press conference today (5th) to announce the results.

Feng Weihua, the president of the Education Association, received a very strong response. In less than 18 hours, he received 11,822 replies, an unprecedented speed. This shows the industry's dissatisfaction. On that day, nearly 10,000 were principals, deputy principals and teachers.

Ye Jianyuan, vice president of the Education Association, pointed out that many principals and vice principals also expressed anger in this survey. It can be seen that the arrangement has angered the school management, but the "voluntary testing" is actually a language art, and the truth has long been "compulsory" The school was forced to be tested for the sake of students, but the biggest problem in the decision by the Education Bureau is that it lacks sufficient persuasiveness. Whether teachers are tested cannot be used as a condition for resuming classes. Whether or not they can resume classes should be determined by the number of infected persons and scientific data of experts.

In the questionnaire, more than 90% of industry respondents believed that the Education Bureau’s decision was completely unfounded and opposed the arrangement. Nearly 9 adults were angry about the arrangement and believed that the practice would only increase friction between schools and parents and become a "grind" .

Teachers said there was pressure on schools to vote publicly

The Education Association also collected opinions from different teachers anonymously. Some teachers said that the school adopted an open voting system and the teachers were forced to agree.

I even questioned the EDB’s decision to kidnap teachers ethically. Students accounted for 90% of the school’s population. I didn’t understand the reason why the EDB forced 10% of teachers to be tested.

Compared with teachers, many students in the North District go back to their hometowns for the Spring Festival. It is more dangerous to return to Hong Kong. They should be closed directly to solve the problem.

On the other hand, anyone can also be the source of the bacteria. Only the teacher's quarantine has failed to achieve the effect of epidemic prevention. Other occupations such as police, clinic nurses, doctors, etc. are also high-risk persons, but why not be tested.

Due to the above considerations and the one-sided results of the questionnaire survey, Feng Weihua requested the Education Bureau to immediately withdraw the plan and apologize to the principal and teacher. The education sector should be consulted extensively before implementing the policy in the future.

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