Hong Kong education authorities to assign managers to school governing committee
- Management committee at Confucian Tai Shing Primary School says sponsoring body did not share plan to go private before making announcement
Hong Kong education authorities will assign managers to a school’s governing committee after a serious row among the leaders erupted over the sponsoring body’s plan to make the operation private and charge expensive debentures.
The Confucian Academy, the sponsoring body of Confucian Tai Shing Primary School in Wong Tai Sin, announced over the weekend the institution would cease operating as a public school from the 2026-27 academic year.
It also promised to give HK$10,000 (US$1,280) to every student who switched to another school.
But the school’s incorporated management committee, which comprises parents, alumni, teaching staff and its principal, said on Monday that the sponsoring body had not shared the plan with the organisation before the announcement.
“Any decision the Confucian Academy makes regarding the way forward for the school should first be approved by the managers of the school’s incorporated management committee,” it wrote in a statement, adding the Education Bureau should step in.
A bureau spokeswoman said on Monday night it had met the school sponsoring group and principals on multiple occasions, adding it had earlier received the notification from the supervisor about the intended closure.
