Due to the wave of immigration, the failure of cross-border students to enter Hong Kong due to the epidemic, and the continued low birth rate in Hong Kong, a wave of dropouts has occurred in Hong Kong's primary and secondary schools, and the academic community is facing a crisis of "shrinking classes and killing schools".
The Education Bureau will send a sample to the school to "nod heads" in the middle of this month, and will notify the school of the number of classes in the coming year within this month.
Zhang Minbing, chairman of the Hong Kong Education Policy Concern Society, estimates that the number of students must have fallen. However, because China and Hong Kong have not cleared customs and the immigration wave has not ceased, it is recommended that the Education Bureau should not "shrink classes and kill schools" for the time being. It should observe for 3 years before making long-term planning and Decide.
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Zhang Minbing: Education must be stable and first attract newcomers
Zhang Minbing explained that under the tide of immigration, many teachers were lost in the academic circle, and most of them were the backbone of the school, such as the head of the school. The academic circle needed time to train new blood. He called on the Education Bureau to observe for three years before deciding to "shrink classes and kill schools." Freeze the number of school staff: "Education must be stable, and the industry must be able to develop long-term and attract new talents. It takes time and opportunities to cultivate new blood."
It is recommended that each school have a director of national security education and senior teachers to coordinate national security education
He also said that the academic circles are busy promoting national and national security education, and the Education Bureau can request schools to deploy staff. Each school has a national security education director, and teachers with certain qualifications and experience are responsible for coordinating national security education matters.
Survey: 65% of high school students believe that DSE English courses are not related to daily life
In addition, the Hong Kong Education Policy Concern Group and the Hong Kong Women Teachers Association used questionnaires to interview 1,241 high school students from multiple middle schools at the end of the school year, of which 95% were in Chinese middle schools.
It turns out that about 65% of the people think that the DSE English curriculum is not sufficiently related to daily life, and less than 3 adults think that the English learned in school is sufficient to meet the needs of careers or social life. Nearly 58% of the respondents agree that preparing for the Diploma Exam is the best way to learn English. During the difficult stage, less than 14% of people intend to study English in university.
Zhang Minbing believes that the DSE English curriculum is "off the ground" and unrealistic. He suggests that the Education Bureau review the teaching language policy. For example, review the DSE curriculum to establish more connections with daily life and future careers. Daily schools should promote reading to enhance student learning. Interest and confidence in English.
(From left) Zhou Luoxi, Zhang Minbing (Photo by Deng Yinglin)
The Association of Women Teachers advocates reusing the old English subject of the National Council Examination, setting up two levels of difficulty exams
The chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Women Teachers Zhou Luoxi suggested that the Education Bureau and schools should set goals that students can easily achieve, so that students have the confidence and motivation to take the exam, including reviewing the existing DSE curriculum and considering reusing the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination's English language practice, providing two difficulties The level of English test allows students to choose which test paper to take according to their level: "English courses should be studied boldly, not just fine-tuning and optimization." She believes that schools should focus on improving students' interest in English from junior high school, and high school will prepare for the battle. Open trial.
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