In recent years, the population of school-age students in Hong Kong has declined. The Secretary for Education, Choi Ruo-Lian, pointed out earlier that the student population in different regions will be reset, and some schools will be merged and closed to stabilize the teaching environment.
Chu Guoqiang, a member of the education sector of the Legislative Council, said in an interview with RTHK today (19th) that middle schools face a high risk of killing schools. The government advocates that the goal of achieving results is the opposite. It calls on the bureau to think twice. It can also start by opening up student sources, including recruiting students from the Greater Bay Area and increasing the proportion of class teachers. It is believed that it will help alleviate the current predicament.
The current student population in Hong Kong is declining, and the loss of teachers is serious.
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Zhu Guoqiang pointed out that as long as the school sponsoring organization agrees to the merger plan and properly arranges the transfer of teachers and chairs, it is believed that the problem is not a big problem, but the bureau needs to carefully consider the decision to suspend the school. He explained that many schools are not poor in running schools, but are affected by various factors, including The location is remote or the students are specially recruited, so the bureau should not decide whether to kill the school based on the number of students, and he personally does not advocate mass killing of the school.
He went on to say that since there was a wave of school killings in primary schools more than a decade ago, this time the crisis is not serious, and I believe the risk of killing schools in secondary schools is higher. Worrying that the program will be suspended, they invest a lot of resources and time in admissions, which will ultimately be detrimental to students.
Insufficient degrees in Shenzhen can recruit students from the mainland
He believes that the Education Bureau can start by exploring the source of students in the Greater Bay Area. Due to the shortage of academic degrees in Shenzhen, enrolling students in the Greater Bay Area can stabilize the education ecology in Hong Kong. Some data show that small class teaching is beneficial for middle school students to learn, but he believes that it is not ideal to maintain a class size of more than 30 people in middle schools, and the number of SEN (special learning needs) students is increasing day by day. It is necessary to increase the proportion of class teachers. The Secretary of the Bureau, Sun Mingyang, implemented voluntary class reductions. He pointed out that at that time, a large-scale school-running organization accepted the plan after lobbying, which successfully alleviated the situation in the school sector.
Chu Kwok-keung, a member of the Legislative Council in the education sector.
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DSE Rankings ｜ Cai Ruolian first published a blog after taking office, pointing out that there are sufficient post-secondary places and encouraging candidates to grasp Cai Ruolian’s point that the drop in birth rate has led to fewer school-age students to merge and close some schools. Sentiment Cai Ruolian's interview｜Public education secondary schools with the most efficient Putonghua schools should carry out Cai Ruolian's interview｜To cope with the sharp reduction of students and the fear of excess school places, schools in districts will be resettled across districts system
