Recently, the Government has implemented and proposed lots of education reforms which have included cancelling the Academic Aptitude Test, introducing mother-tongue education, merging the HKCEE and A-levels, merging Chinese History and History into one subject and so forth.
Although the reforms may be advantageous, their introduction has been too aggressive. How can students adapt to all the new policies?
Among the reforms, mother- tongue education is effective. It can allow thorough exploration of topics, facilitate better rela tions between teachers and students and encourage pupils to become more involved in classroom discussions.
However, I am worried that I will not be able to adapt to English teaching when I enter university. There are many specific terms in chemistry and biology that I do not know at all. How can students concentrate on the studies in such an environment?
The policy has raised a lot of questions. Why did the Government not implement mother- tongue education at all secondary schools, but let over 100 schools teach in English?
Wai-lok is a student of SKH All Saints Middle School
