PTU News Reporter

Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung called a press conference on 15th May to claim the reference materials provided for a question about the Sino-Japanese relations in this year’s Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) history examination to be inappropriate. He demanded the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) to invalidate the question and said personnel would be sent to the HKEAA to review their setting, vetting, and approval mechanism of the HKDSE questions. The Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union (PTU) criticized Yeung’s notion and his attempt at political missions at the expense of Hong Kong’s examination and assessment system. The PTU said recent events reflected the government and pro-establishment’s full attack at the education sector. PTU Vice-President and lawmaker for Education constituency Ip Kin-yuen said a letter would be sent to the Chairman of the Panel on Education of the Legislative Council, demanding an urgent meeting to discuss the event as well as retracting the decision. Ip reiterated the Japanese invasion had caused Chinese people devastating damage and the PTU had always been distraught by this invasion. …… 閱讀全文 →