After the restructuring of the Legislative Council, there was an unprecedented five-person melee in the functional constituency of the education sector. Among them, Ding Jianhua, the only candidate who had never served as a principal, said that having not served as a principal or a public office in the education sector is an advantage, and his lack of burden made him even more dare to speak. , Look at the policy more macroscopically.
Ding Jianhua, whose political platform focuses on "Zero Killing Schools", said that the purpose of this election is to prevent teachers from being obliterated in terms of policy status and to preserve their teaching posts. You just fire them, it’s not fair to them.”
He believes that in the face of the decline in schoolchildren, the Education Bureau may consider developing more distinctive school-based curricula that better meet the needs of schoolchildren, so as to adjust the school scale and class-teacher ratio, so that Hong Kong can take the route of "quality education" in the long run.
Ding Jianhua pointed out that many teachers reported to him the problems of education policy, and he also saw that many policies were unfair, which made him decide to "get out of the way" in the hope of changing the ecology of the education industry.
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In the past, the seats in the education sector, which belonged to the Education Association, attracted five people to compete this time, including Ding Jianhua, retired principal Lin Rifeng, Zhu Guoqiang from the Education Federation, Wen Shi Yong and Lin Yong Shi, who claimed to be independent.
Ding Jianhua, who is the director of educational institutions, said that many teachers reported to him about education policy issues, such as the kindergarten subsidy model that eventually affected teachers, the reduction of classes in primary and secondary schools, and the killing of schools. In addition, the Education Bureau has not yet been able to determine the salary of deputy principals of primary schools. And various problems with middle-level personnel, manpower, status, etc., made him decide to "get out of business", hoping to change the ecology of the education sector.
Among the many candidates, Ding Jianhua is not well-known and does not have a political background. He thinks that he has no burden. He can look at policy issues in a more macroscopic way. "Now it is not the election of the principal to be the president, but the election of the legislative council member."
He pointed out that apart from not being a principal, he has no involvement in public office such as the Education Commission, so he has no burdens. He dares to speak up and is willing to raise a lot of things that other candidates are afraid to raise. He believes that there is more room to help teachers and school-running organizations.
Ding Jianhua pointed out that the government's implementation of national security education has been vigorously and vigorously throughout the education sector, and he suggested that it should be implemented in an orderly manner.
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For example, he pointed out that he proposed "zero school killing" as the goal of his political platform, but other candidates only dared to postpone the "killing school".
He said that other candidates who serve as principals for a long time are the executors of the Education Bureau’s policies in disguise. Therefore, facing the requirements of the Education Bureau, they have relatively little groundbreaking thinking and only know how to make adjustments. "For example, National Security Education, the entire industry To be vigorous and resolute, I proposed that it should be implemented in an orderly manner, not in a hurry, but he said passively: "It's all about doing it.""
Regarding the National Security Education, Ding Jianhua pointed out that the Education Bureau should seek support from teachers for implementation and provide support. He also pointed out that the Education Bureau’s problem of "immediately do it once the policy is settled" is not limited to the National Security Education, and even faced the same problem when promoting education reforms in the past. Coupled with the lack of support from the authorities to teachers, it is equally difficult for everyone to promote policies.
He suggested that the Education Bureau should first explain the content of the course, so that teachers clearly understand how to teach and explain, and then provide appropriate teaching materials.
Ding emphasized that the implementation of all policies requires a certain process and should not be rushed.
Ding Jianhua believes that previous elections were too politicized, but today's elections have allowed those who are truly willing to contribute to the sector and industry to stand in the elections, and that voters have more choices.
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In 2019, when a large number of young people participated, many of them attributed it to the general education. Ding Jianhua believes that any education topic involves the social field to a certain extent. It is understandable that students have a proper understanding of politics. "The public understands that the general education There is no standpoint in itself. It is only because members of the public put the problem in the general education department, so it is not too fair or too fair."
After the electoral system was "improved", Ding Jianhua did not think it would be easy to stand for elections. He mentioned that the threshold for him to obtain nominations from the five major sectors is higher than before.
He believes that past elections were too politicized. After the restructuring, those who are truly willing to contribute to the sector and industry can participate in the election, and voters have more choices.
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