St Paul’s Secondary School in Hong Kong apologises over ‘hasty decision’ to call police on Form Six pupils taking farewell photos
- In a statement posted on its website, elite girls’ school also pledged to evaluate future arrangements
- School earlier said teacher had called police ‘out of concern for the pupils’ safety’
In a statement posted on its website on Monday, St Paul’s Secondary School in Happy Valley also pledged to evaluate future arrangements.
“The school would like to extend our apology to all stakeholders who might be troubled and disturbed by the captioned incident,” it said.
“We will also thoroughly evaluate future arrangements for various student activities to ensure that they can be conducted smoothly. Moreover, the teacher involved would deeply apologise for the hasty decision in calling the police.”
On February 28, the final school day for Form Six students before an upcoming public exam, some girls took photos around and outside their campus as reminders of their time at St Paul’s.
But a teacher then called police to stop some girls from taking photos at the gate. The school later explained that the teacher called the force “out of concern for the pupils’ safety”.