Policy address: requirement for Hong Kong teachers to pass test on Basic Law to expand to subsidised schools
- Civil servants teaching at public schools already have to pass the multiple-choice quiz on the city’s mini-constitution
- Educator representatives question whether teachers will have enough time to prepare, and whether special arrangements will be made for native English speakers
Hong Kong educators have called for further details about a new plan to require more teachers to pass a test on the city’s mini-constitution, including whether the proposal applies to native English speakers.
Teachers employed as civil servants in the city’s dozens of public schools already have to pass such a test.
Lam also revealed she had told the education minister she was willing to give a class to teachers on the constitutional status, powers and functions of the chief executive, as part of a wider plan to strengthen instruction relating to the Basic Law.
“The Education Bureau [must] safeguard the well-being of students by effectively monitoring and following up on any issues that involve school management and the conduct of teachers, with a view to restoring Hong Kong’s educational order,” she said.
