Troubled British school Mount Kelly to begin classes in Hong Kong despite lacking approval for Hung Hom campus
School to provide pupils with free “induction programme” in small groups that will circumvent regulations
A troubled British private school in Hong Kong said on Wednesday it would begin classes next week despite having not yet won approval from the Education Bureau for one of its new campuses.
In an attempt to honour its promise to start primary classes this September, Mount Kelly School Hong Kong said it would provide its pupils with a free “induction programme” next week in small groups that would circumvent regulations.
The programme will take place at its Tsim Sha Tsui centre rather than Hung Hom Bay campus. A land use application for the latter venue will not be given the green light until a meeting late this month at the earliest.
The Hong Kong branch of the British boarding school has been embroiled in a series of controversies since it announced one year ago that it would open in the city this September.
“We are now less than one week away from our opening and the exciting countdown begins,” the school said on its Facebook page on Wednesday.