Classes at the French International School were disrupted for the second time in three weeks yesterday when 24 teachers staged another one-day strike.
The teachers are all from the French stream of the Happy Valley school, most of them from the primary school section. They fear possible job losses and salary cuts resulting from a restructuring proposal by the French Government.
School head Pascal Panthene said the absent teachers' classes were being supervised by staff and there was no cause for concern. 'The strike is a repeat of the one on September 24, with teachers continuing to put pressure on the French Government over its restructuring plan,' he said.
Yesterday's stoppage was again part of a worldwide protest by the French teachers' union in Paris, which continues to voice its concern over how the proposal will affect teachers at overseas schools.
Under the current system, the French Government pays the salaries of all French-stream expatriate teachers at the Hong Kong school. It also subsidises the salaries of resident teachers, with the balance being paid by the school.
Paris now proposes to cut the number of expatriate teachers and to restructure resident teachers' packages, paying their salaries in full. Full details have not been announced.