The fifth wave of the epidemic is severe, and the number of confirmed diagnoses has repeatedly hit new highs. Yang Runxiong, director of the Education Bureau, said today (1st) that schools need to close the summer vacation early on March 7th, schools cannot conduct large-scale online classes, and teachers do not need to go back to school to prepare lessons. In order to reduce the flow of people in the school, during the period, the school can still arrange group make-up lessons or extracurricular activities according to the usual practice of summer vacation, the main premise is that all of them must be conducted online.
As for private schools that do not offer local courses, there is no compulsory holiday, but teachers and students are not allowed to return to school for classes. If necessary, relevant school buildings will be requisitioned to serve as testing centers during the national testing period.
Yang Runxiong also pointed out that more than 400 schools have been inspected last weekend, and details such as the size of the school, the size of the covered playground, and the distribution of toilets have been reported to the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau. There are many school buildings. At this stage, it is difficult to say which schools will be loaned out as testing centers.
Education Secretary Yang Yunxiong said that the HKDSE is the only public examination in Hong Kong.
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Early summer vacation can further reduce the flow of people
Yang Runxiong said in Hong Kong and Taiwan's "Millennium Times" this morning that schools need to open the summer vacation early on March 7 to reduce the flow of people in the school, and pointed out that although classes are currently online, many teachers still have to go back to school to prepare lessons and leave early. It is only during the summer vacation that the flow of people can be further reduced, and it is explained that if classes are resumed earlier in July and August, face-to-face classes can be held, and the effect will be better than the current online classes.
He emphasized that during the special holidays, schools are not allowed to conduct large-scale online classes, but they can still conduct group supplementary lessons or extracurricular activities for schools as in the previous summer vacations, provided that all of them are conducted online.
Yang Runxiong: After the school holiday, the national testing of teachers and students is more flexible
He went on to point out that the government will implement nationwide testing, and when schools are closed, teachers and students will be more flexible in testing, and schools can also use them as testing centers. The testing center also pointed out that at the request of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, the bureau has inspected more than 400 schools in the past weekend. The inspection focuses include the size of schools and covered playgrounds, the distribution of toilets and classrooms, power network and ventilation, etc. Submit a report to the bureau, and the authorities will also inspect more than 100 more school buildings.
The Education Bureau said that face-to-face classes in secondary schools will not resume until the main subjects of the Diploma of Secondary Education Examination are over.
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Asked how the school was still dealing with schools that lacked care during the early summer vacation, Yang Runxiong said that in the past, the Education Bureau did not require schools to be open during the summer vacation. , that individual parents can discuss the response plan with the school.
However, if the school is requisitioned as a testing center, the school can still express its difficulties with the Education Bureau, but it is emphasized that during the epidemic, students should still stay at home as much as possible, especially during the testing period, it is not advisable to go out.
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As for whether private schools can continue to teach classes, Yang Runxiong said that not all private schools can take classes, only schools that do not have local courses, that is, mainly international schools, because such schools are subject to issues such as teacher contracts, so they can only The next best thing is to maintain its class schedule, but emphasize that "during this period, students and teachers do not need to go back to school." During this period, it is not ruled out that the schools concerned will use them as testing centers.
Whether the daily quick test is required after the resumption of classes is undecided Yang Runxiong: Watch the development of national testing first
As for whether teachers and students need to do a quick test every day before returning to school after classes are resumed, he said that "the national test and the development of the epidemic will come first."
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