Cai Ruolin, the new director of the Education Bureau, used to be the head of the language teaching support group of the bureau and the vice-chairman of the Federation of Education Associations. and state education have been controversial.
After years of hard work, the director, when Cai Ruolian responded to whether she would promote "general education", said that biliteracy and trilingualism are the advantages of Hong Kong students, and schools should provide opportunities for students to learn Mandarin well, "it's not good for parents to press their wallets", and said that "General Education" is the most time-saving way to learn Mandarin well. If the conditions of students and teachers, and the school's language environment permit, "General Education" can be considered, but it is emphasized that "General Education" is a long-term goal and school choice. Education Bureau There is no plan to "one size fits all" to require all schools in Hong Kong to implement "general education".
If the conditions of students and teachers permit, and the language environment of the school permits, what is the most economical method?
Don't use the same language for the two sciences, how good is it to save on one subject, and learn "BPMF (Mandarin initials)", "Ni Hao Ma (How are you), Wo Hao Ma (How am I)" What a waste of time.
Director of Education Cai Ruolin
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It means that schools need to provide opportunities to learn Mandarin: it is not good to ask parents to press their wallets
Cai Ruolin was regarded by student organizations as a promoter of "Public Education". When she was in charge of the Language Teaching Support Group of the Education Bureau, the group published an article in 2013, referring to "Cantonese (a dialect that is not an official language)", and Mainland scholar Song Xinqiao also mentioned in his book "Research and Development of Hong Kong Putonghua Testing" published in 2007, that Cai Zeng mentioned in a lecture at CUHK that he should "establish a campus popularization mechanism so that all teachers master Putonghua".
After being promoted to Director, Cai Ruolian responded to the issue of "General Education" and reiterated that biliteracy and trilingualism are the advantages of Hong Kong students. Facing the increasing number of exchanges in the Greater Bay Area in the future, it is very important to provide opportunities to learn Mandarin from an early age. Therefore, schools should provide students with Opportunities to learn Mandarin, “It’s not good for parents to press their wallets (paying courses outside the school).” She said that, just as English is taught in English, teaching Chinese in Mandarin is the most time-saving way to learn Mandarin. For learning, she believes that if the conditions of students and teachers permit, and the language environment of the school permits, it can be promoted to "General Education Middle", but if the conditions of the school do not permit, independent Putonghua can also enable students to master language skills.
Refute "Public Education" kills Cantonese but will not implement it across the board
She also refuted the claim that "Public Education Middle School" stifles Cantonese, and said that the implementation of "General Education Middle School" will not make students unable to learn Cantonese, because not all subjects are taught in Mandarin, but some international schools only use English And Putonghua teaching may make students not understand Cantonese. The main context of local schools is still Cantonese, so parents do not need to worry.
She emphasized that "universal education" is only a long-term goal and will not require all schools to implement it "one size fits all".
National education does not need to be a separate subject
As for whether national education will be a separate subject, Cai Ruolian pointed out that national education requires multiple approaches to cooperate with each other. In addition to knowledge, it is more important to cultivate attitudes and values. There is no urgent need to take it out to study. On the surface, "There is no need for that!" She said that she has established a framework for national security education, and has also set up a task force to make overall planning in conjunction with the curriculum, and will check the teaching effectiveness through competitions and learning performance. The progress is now good.
Teachers must understand that Xi Jinping's speech is closely related to Hong Kong
When asked whether students need to learn "Xi (Xi Jinping) thought" in the future, she thinks that there is no need to learn, also known as the important speech of President Xi Jinping's visit to Hong Kong on July 1, which is closely related to Hong Kong. Rather, it elaborates on the future development of Hong Kong.
She said that the Civil and Social Development Division also mentioned Hong Kong under "one country, two systems", and its speech was "good material", and teachers must understand it. "Don't talk, don't talk."
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The candidate for the deputy bureau has not yet been finalized. I hope the other party is familiar with education and has government work experience.
More than half a month after taking office, the candidate for the deputy director has not yet been finalized.
Cai Ruolian said that she is still actively looking for candidates, hoping that the other party is a person who is familiar with education and has some experience in government work, and said that she hopes to find it as soon as possible.
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