Hong Kong parents consider pulling children out of embattled Think International School, even as classes resume
- School group moved 170 pupils to other facility at Boundary Street after academy in Cheung Sha Wan was shut down for operating illegally
- Meanwhile, group’s middle school teachers refuse to renew contracts, leaving about 60 secondary pupils stranded
Parents of pupils at a problem-plagued Hong Kong school are looking to enrol their children elsewhere, even as classes resumed on Thursday after being suspended for three days.
This was out of concern over the quality of education at Think International School, some of them told reporters that morning.
Last Friday, Tsung Tsin Think Academy in Cheung Sha Wan, which is under the same school group, was shut down by the Education Bureau for operating illegally.
The principal announced that classes would be cancelled at the academy, which then told parents on Wednesday that the pupils would be moved to the group’s international primary school in Prince Edward.
The 170 children would be distributed among 11 classrooms at the Boundary Street facility, roughly doubling the class sizes there.
“I am already looking for another school even though my son will not be directly impacted in this situation,” said a mother surnamed Sze To. Her son is a Primary One pupil at Think International School on Boundary Street.
“I am still unsure about the school’s development in the future,” she said.