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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2021-02-09 20:22
The last update date: 2021-02-09 20:29
The Legislative Council’s Subcommittee on the Development of Textbooks and Teaching Materials for Kindergartens, Primary and Secondary Schools held a video conference today (9th), including discussions on the question-making mechanism of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education.
Cai Ruolian, Deputy Secretary of the Education Bureau, and Su Guosheng, Secretary General of the HKEAA also attended.
Tsai Ruolian pointed out that after the history examination question incident last year, the HKEAA started to implement new measures to improve the paper preparation mechanism in September last year, including the participation of course experts from the Education Bureau as ex officio members in the examination committee of the HKEAA; and the establishment of a curriculum development by the HKEAA The arbitration committee composed of representatives of the Parliament and the Education Bureau has the "ultimate" decision-making power in handling disputes over proposed and reviewed questions.
On April 25, 2020, a sixth form student took the DSE exam. Some of the students felt unwell. The staff of the examination hall put a hoard on his seat. The student then asked to leave the examination hall by himself.
(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
The Education Bureau’s curriculum experts will participate in the examination committee of the Examinations and
Assessment Bureau, Deputy Director of Education Bureau Ruo-lian Tsai said that the HKDSE is used to review learning results. Under the current system, the Examination and Evaluation Bureau is responsible for the examination and preparation of the examination questions for the examination. Examination committees are set up for Category A subjects. Except for assessment subject managers, course experts, college scholars, middle school teachers, etc., examination committee members are hired in different ways.
Ruolian Tsai also said that the 2020 History Paper 1 has test questions that deviate from the curriculum content and assessment guidelines. The two task forces of the HKEAA and the Education Bureau have completed investigations. The HKEAA has been implementing some improvement suggestions since September last year and plans to implement all of them within two years. Measures include improving the DSE question drafting mechanism to ensure that more professionals participate in the question drafting process; and the Education Bureau curriculum experts will also participate in the review committee as ex officio members to ensure that the curriculum and assessment objectives are consistent; and the establishment of a curriculum development council of the HKEAA and An arbitration committee composed of representatives of the Education Bureau handles disputes over proposed and reviewed questions.
Su Guosheng, secretary-general of the Appraisal Bureau, described the history test questions last year as a very isolated incident.
(Photo by Yu Junliang)
Su Guosheng, secretary general of the HKEAA, explained that each subject has the opportunity to have more than one review committee, and the list of members is updated every year. He described the history test questions last year as a very isolated event. The audit manager decides, and after the mechanism is updated, all future changes to the questions must be decided by the entire committee; if someone disagrees, it will be handed over to the second-level examination question pre-examination committee to deal with the differences of the examination committee. Of course, check the title of the committee member.
If the problem is still not resolved, it will be handed over to the Arbitration Committee for a decision. He believes that the same situation can be avoided under multiple mechanisms.
When asked whether they will consider their political beliefs when selecting committee members?
Su reiterated that the selection of members is mainly based on majors, courses, knowledge, and evaluation experience.
As for the situation of a member who asked the question of the History Section, Su said that the staff assessment mechanism of the Appraisal Bureau, the colleague involved has resigned and left the Appraisal Bureau in November, so there is no special treatment.
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