Legislator Junius HO Kwan Yiu wrote to the Chairman of the HKU Council, to demand the University to sack Benny TAI Yiu Ting, who is an Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law and co-founder of the Occupy Central movement. Peter MATHIESON, the Vice-Chancellor of the HKU, told the press that the University could not interfere teachers?activities outside the school. …… 閱讀全文 →

PTU News Reporter

Upon assuming office, Mrs. Carrie LAM’s government immediately injected 3.6 billion dollars as recurrent education expenditure. The increase in funding incorporated two breakthroughs. The demonstration of the government’s commitment to education through increasing “recurrent expenditure” differ vastly from the tendency to fund education in the form of short-term subsidies in the past. The education sector is also actively involved and consulted by the government in the process of the allocation of funding; policy making is no longer done behind closed doors. The HKPTU deem the above to be invaluable experiences and important practices that the government should maintain in the future. …… 閱讀全文 →

教協理事與教育局局長楊潤雄會面後會見傳媒

經過多年爭取，「免費優質幼稚園教育計劃」終在今學年正式展開，這對幼教界來說，既是新里程也是新挑戰。新里程，是政府終於承認幼兒教育的地位及重要性，將其正式納入資助教育的範疇。新挑戰，是業界期望藉此建構一套促進社會公平、提高教育質素的幼兒教育系統，但政策與業界期望仍有相當距離，當前不少問題仍需同工面對和克服。 …… 閱讀全文 →

立法會議員何君堯早前去信港大校務委員會，稱港大法律學院副教授戴耀廷違背法治、荼毒學生及公眾，要求大學將戴辭退，事件引起大專學界廣泛的關注。港大校長馬斐森於回應傳媒時指，大學無權干預教師在校園外的行為，可以自由表達意見。 …… 閱讀全文 →