Hong Kong’s biggest international school group ESF vows to look into student complaints of racism, inappropriate behaviour against teachers
- Move sparked by letter from student accusing teachers of mocking Asian names and performing dubious uniform checks on female schoolmates
- More than 1,100 signatures collected in petition calling for change
Hong Kong’s biggest international school group has pledged to look into multiple complaints from students accusing teachers at one of its secondary branches of racist and inappropriate behaviour.
More than 1,100 signatures were collected by Tuesday in an online petition initiated by a student of King George V School (KGV), demanding that management directly address the matter and reform policies.
An open letter from the Year 13 student, which was addressed to both the Ho Man Tin school and the English Schools Foundation (ESF), accused teachers of “making fun of the names of Asian students” and making female students uncomfortable through uniform checks done “purposefully”.
At least three students who spoke to the Post on condition of anonymity agreed with some of the content in the letter, and called for changes.
In a reply, ESF said they were willing to meet the letter writer or other students, and “examine the points raised in a supportive manner”.