Teaching

High-achieving teachers lead education revolution

11 Nov 2012

Brett Wigdortz, the 39-year-old founder and chief executive of Teach First, believes he is the leader of an educational revolution. In his new book, Success Against the Odds, he declares that lack...

National education should be introduced as mandatory subject

15 Aug 2012

The introduction of moral and national education in the primary and secondary school curriculum has proved to be controversial.

Small school takes a national stand

8 Aug 2012

An 'alternative' private primary school started last year by a mother for her two children will be incorporating the controversial subject of national education in its curriculum as it welcomes...

View that native English-speaking teachers are better is very misguided

31 Jul 2012

In response to Dermot Cooper's letter ('Parents should beware of fraudulent tutorial centres that do not help children', July 24), I would like to point out that the issue he raised is in fact a...

Call for strike has few backers

31 Jul 2012

A union's call for teachers to stay away from classes in September as a protest against the national-education curriculum has gained little support from principals and school sponsoring bodies....

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Private tuition has its place, but only after careful consideration

A reader recently told me about her neighbour's daughter, who is in grade six at an international school.

Parents should beware of fraudulent tutorial centres that do not help children

As someone who has taught in a kindergarten and tutorial centres here in Hong Kong, I believe it is about time that parents of children attending these places realised that there is a significant...

Pressure builds on national education

More pressure is being put on the government to reconsider the introduction of national education in the new school year, with a leading Beijing loyalist educational body pulling back from its...

Wolves lurking in the shadows of education

For more than a decade, education professor Mark Bray has been intrigued by the growing phenomenon of students attending tutorial centres. Haven't they had enough class time after a day in school...

Discipline: zero tolerance vs common sense

My son's school seems to have no disciplinary policy. He says that when students do something wrong, the teachers just tell them off and nothing else happens. He has told me about some serious...

Learning valuable lessons

Hong Kong is completing its academic structure reform with the launch of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education examination in March and a four-year university degree to commence in...