Education Bureau should review complaints made by teachers and give school managers more training, according to government panel
- Task force set up in November 2017 as part of Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s pledge to review and improve education
- Critics question suggestions’ effectiveness and say bureau’s panel that reviews complaints lacks transparency
The Education Bureau should review complaints from teachers as well as those made by parents, students or the public, a government task force has said.
Among 27 recommendations aiming to improve school governance following several high profile cases of mismanagement in recent years, the task force on Monday also called for managers to get at least three hours of training.
But critics questioned the suggestions’ effectiveness saying the target was too short and not mandatory. The bureau’s panel which reviewed complaints was accused of a lack of transparency.
The task force on school-based management policy was set up in November 2017 as part of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s pledge to review and improve education.
“Teachers say their complaints are commonly met with obstacles. We hope this recommendation can allow the process to be more open and fair,” Tim Lui, the task force chairman, said.
“Its effectiveness can only be evaluated after this new arrangement has run for a while.”