The functions and structure of the University Grants Committee, which is responsible for granting funds to eight tertiary institutions, have come under fire recently. At the Legislative Council Committee on Education meeting today (8th), Mr. Sun Dong, a member of the Election Committee and a professor at CityU, described the teaching It is a product left by the British before the handover. Many of its seven important committees are held by foreigners. They question whether the UGC can help Hong Kong cultivate a new generation with patriotism, and criticize the UGC for not being a statutory organization. Why? It can manage various universities and manage public funds of more than 10 billion to hundreds of billions.
The Secretary for Education, Yeung Yun-hsiung, responded that the UGC has no real power to allocate university funding. It is only responsible for negotiating with universities, reviewing their development plans, and making professional recommendations. The final decision is made by the Chief Executive in Council. Universities, how many are allocated to each university?”
The current chairman of the UGC is Tang Jiacheng (first from the left).
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At the meeting, Mr. Sun Dong, a member of the Election Committee, described the UGC as a product left by the British before the handover. Many of its seven important committees were held by foreigners. He questioned whether the UGC could help Hong Kong cultivate patriotic people. A new generation of consciousness.
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Sun Dong: How can foreign members make higher education serve the overall situation of the country
Mr. Sun Dong, Chair Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering of CityU, a member of the Election Committee, described the UGC as a product left by the British before the handover. It has 7 important committees, many of which are held by foreigners, and the directors of 5 committees are more He is held by overseas people, questioning whether the UGC can make higher education serve the overall situation of the country and help Hong Kong cultivate a new generation with patriotism.
Sun Dong also criticized the UGC for being a non-statutory organization, questioned why it could manage universities and manage tens to hundreds of billions of public funds.
Yang Runxiong: UGC and universities discuss and review development plans
The Secretary for Education, Yeung Yun-hsiung, responded that the UGC has no real power to allocate university funding. It is only responsible for negotiating with universities, reviewing their development plans, and making professional recommendations. The final decision is made by the Chief Executive in Council. Universities, how many are allocated to each university?”
Guild member Yip Liu Shuyi responded that the UGC's funding proposal was "cooked and dried" when it was approved by the executive meeting, "We are like a rubber stamp, only a few days, can we be able to reverse the case? ” (file picture)
Ip Lau Suk-yee: Guild rubber stamps UGC funding scheme approved
Ye Liu Shuyi, chairman of the New Democracy Party and a member of the guild, responded that the UGC's funding proposal was "cooked and dried" when it was approved by the guild, "We are like a rubber stamp, we only have a few days. Is it capable of overturning the case?” She also agreed with Sun Dong’s suggestion that the UGC is a system left over from the British Hong Kong era and should be reviewed, “Zhong Shimi meets the requirements of patriots governing Hong Kong in the new era?
Liu Zhipeng, a member of the Election Committee, will raise the question of whether Chinese history or Chinese culture can be established as a compulsory subject in the class hours freed up by the adjustment of the four core subjects of senior high school.
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Liu Zhipeng proposes to set up compulsory courses in middle school history
In addition, Liu Zhipeng, Associate Vice-President (Academic and External Relations) of Lingnan University and Member of the Election Committee, will raise the question of whether it is possible to establish Chinese History or Chinese Culture in the class hours vacated by the adjustment of the four core subjects of senior high school. Compulsory subjects are dealt with with reference to the communal and social subjects, and the diploma examination is only graded as meeting the standard and failing to meet the standard, in order to increase students' interest in Chinese culture.
In addition, he also suggested that the three-part test for Primary 5 and Primary 6 could be reduced to two for Primary 6, and only the scores of Chinese, English and Mathematics should be submitted.
Yang Runxiong said that the purpose of reducing class hours for the four core subjects of senior high school is to free up time for the school to take care of learning differences. Students can choose more elective subjects that they are interested in, and respond to the problem of "emphasizing literature over rationality", so if adding compulsory subjects, I believe and review There are conflicting panel recommendations.
He believes that the revised high school curriculum can be carried out for one or two years before deciding whether it needs to be adjusted depending on the situation.
He also pointed out that the arrangement of three separate tests is like a regular test. The practice hopes to reduce the pressure on students. If the number of tests is reduced, it will increase the pressure on students.
Regarding the issue of teacher oaths, Yang Runxiong said that civil servants, including teachers in government schools, have taken oaths. As for other units that are subsidized by the government, the government is considering it as a whole. Once a decision is made, it will explain to the society.
Kwok Wei will leave the CityU Council and UGC in May 2023, praised for his contribution Tang Jiacheng is re-appointed as UGC Chairman, effective from January next year, one-year UGC research review results most
