LettersHong Kong must do right by cross-border students stuck in Shenzhen
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As a concern group advocating for the welfare of the cross-border schoolchildren, we hope the Education Bureau can inform the public of how many cross-border schoolchildren are enrolled in local schools and how the bureau has supported these families during the pandemic. The bureau must also reach out to the parents and schoolchildren in Shenzhen to learn more about their needs as the pandemic drags on.
In July, Lee Chi Tat Memorial School, a school in the North District, sent a team of teachers to administer internal assessments for secondary school places allocation for its students in Shenzhen. We urge the bureau to work with local schools and the Shenzhen government to take a similar approach and deliver face-to-face lessons to all cross-border schoolchildren in Shenzhen.
How a society treats its most vulnerable is always the measure of its humanity. We appeal to the governments in Hong Kong and Shenzhen to ensure the quality of learning for all cross-border schoolchildren who are Hong Kong residents and children of Shenzhen residents.
Langjia Chen and Dilong Cai, Kowloon Tong