Education minister Professor Arthur Li Kwok-cheung this week paid his first visit to a school in the six months since taking up his post as Secretary for Education and Manpower.
He used the trip to Holy Trinity College, in Shek Kip Mei, to praise the progress of curriculum reform. 'The seed of curriculum development has germinated and is growing healthily in schools,' he declared. Holy Trinity is participating in the Collaborative Research and Development Project, a 'seed project' scheme to promote innovative teaching.
'I am glad to note that seed projects have brought about manifold benefits to learning and teaching in schools,' said Professor Li, who also joined in a skipping game with students and observed a Form Four English class and a home economics lesson. A large press corps was invited to accompany him and later raised the topic of his future plans for school visits.
'Since taking up office, Professor Li has been very busy. He will be visiting schools from time to time but there is no fixed schedule,' a spokesman said.
Ho Hon-kuen, vice-president of pressure group Education Convergence, said the visit was 'a bit late' but a good start. 'I hope from now Professor Li will pay regular visits to all sorts of schools. He should see bad ones as well as good,' he said.
