{"id":31053,"date":"2020-04-19T12:48:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T12:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=31053"},"modified":"2020-04-19T12:48:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T12:48:43","slug":"hong-kong-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/hong-kong-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong students set to resume half classes amid COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

As<\/span> the<\/span> world<\/span> continues<\/span> to<\/span> grapple<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> COVID<\/span>–19<\/span> pandemic<\/span>, Hongkong<\/span> students are<\/span> set<\/span> to<\/span> resume<\/span> half-day\u00a0classes<\/span> to<\/span> minimize<\/span> the<\/span> rate<\/span> of<\/span> new<\/span> infections<\/span>. According<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Education<\/span> Secretary<\/span>, Kevin<\/span> Yeung<\/span> Yun<\/span><\/a> schools<\/span> reopening<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> done<\/span> in<\/span> phases<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> higher<\/span> classes<\/span> resume<\/span> to<\/span> schools<\/span> first<\/span> followed<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> lower<\/span> classes<\/span>.<\/p>\n

900,000 Hong Kong students to resume learning<\/h2>\n

Approximately<\/span> 900<\/span>,000<\/span> Hong Kong students<\/span> broke<\/span> for<\/span> a\u00a0holiday<\/span> in<\/span> January<\/span> before<\/span> the<\/span> start<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Lunar<\/span> year<\/span> but<\/span> following<\/span> the<\/span> proliferation<\/span> of<\/span> coronavirus<\/span> cases<\/span>, schools<\/span> remained<\/span> shut<\/span> with<\/span> learners<\/span> taking<\/span> their<\/span> online<\/span> classes<\/span> from<\/span> home<\/span>.<\/strong> The<\/span> Hong<\/span> Kong<\/span> government<\/span> seems<\/span> to<\/span> oppose<\/span> the<\/span> idea<\/span> and<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> require<\/span> it<\/span>.
\nWhile<\/span> speaking<\/span> on<\/span> two<\/span> radio<\/span> programs<\/span>, Yeung<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> put<\/span> off<\/span> the<\/span> idea<\/span> that<\/span> Hong Kong students<\/span> would<\/span> resume<\/span> before<\/span> summer<\/span>. The<\/span> cases<\/span> of<\/span> infections<\/span> have<\/span> reduced<\/span> significantly<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> last<\/span> week<\/span> and<\/span> even<\/span> though<\/span> the<\/span> reduced<\/span> number<\/span> is<\/span> encouraging<\/span>, health<\/span> officials<\/span> are<\/span> warning<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> still<\/span> early<\/span> to<\/span> declare<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> decline<\/span> in<\/span> trend<\/span> is<\/span> established<\/span>.
\nEducation<\/span> officials<\/span> are<\/span> set<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> school<\/span> heads<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> following<\/span> weeks<\/span> to<\/span> discuss<\/span> the<\/span> possibility<\/span> of Hong Kong students<\/a><\/span> resumption<\/span>. The<\/span> issue<\/span> of<\/span> lunch<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> kids<\/span> will<\/span> have<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> considered<\/span> as<\/span> they<\/span> resume<\/span> classes<\/span> because<\/span> having<\/span> joint<\/span> meal<\/span> sessions<\/span> in<\/span> schools<\/span> is<\/span> still<\/span> risky<\/span>.
\nThe<\/span> secretary<\/span> reassured<\/span> parents<\/span> not<\/span> to<\/span> fret<\/span> about<\/span> their<\/span> children<\/span> missing<\/span> on<\/span> physical<\/span> classes<\/span> as<\/span> they<\/span> would<\/span> recover<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> following<\/span> school<\/span> calendar<\/span>. Kids<\/span> who<\/span> missed<\/span> their<\/span> grade<\/span> two<\/span> classes<\/span> will<\/span> recover<\/span> in<\/span> grade<\/span> three<\/span> and<\/span> grade<\/span> four-course\u00a0of<\/span> learning<\/span>.
\nMany<\/span> school<\/span> heads<\/span> hope<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Hong Kong students<\/span> will<\/span> resume<\/span> classes<\/span> if<\/span> the<\/span> situation<\/span> improves<\/span> but<\/span> teachers<\/span> are<\/span> checking<\/span> on<\/span> progress<\/span> online<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Principals’ to check on students’ psychological state<\/h2>\n

School<\/span>\u2019s<\/span> instructors<\/span> are<\/span> eager<\/span> to<\/span> determine<\/span> the<\/span> Hong Kong student’s<\/span> psychological<\/span> state<\/span> as<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> their<\/span> enthusiasm<\/span> for<\/span> education<\/span> so<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> would<\/span> head<\/span> to<\/span> breaks<\/span> and<\/span> resume<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> year<\/span> of<\/span> schooling<\/span> with<\/span> positive<\/span> outlooks<\/span>.
\nLion’s<\/span> college<\/span> principal<\/span>, James<\/span> Lam<\/span>, reiterated<\/span> that<\/span> senior<\/span> students<\/span> should<\/span> take<\/span> their<\/span> exams<\/span> in<\/span> 2021<\/span> and<\/span> should<\/span> return<\/span> to<\/span> class<\/span> by<\/span> May<\/span> to<\/span> recover<\/span> the<\/span> lost<\/span> time<\/span>. <\/strong>However<\/span>, the<\/span> parents’<\/span> spokeswoman<\/span>, Rachel<\/span> Tong<\/span>, remarked<\/span> that<\/span> parents<\/span> should<\/span> understand<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> directives<\/span> for<\/span> containing<\/span> the<\/span> viral<\/span> pandemic<\/span>. Tong<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> majority<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> parents<\/span> still<\/span> hope<\/span> that <\/span>learning<\/span> in<\/span> schools<\/span> should<\/span> resume<\/span> under<\/span> contained<\/span> environment<\/span> to<\/span> avoid<\/span> new<\/span> coronavirus<\/span> infections<\/span>.
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As the world continues to grapple with the COVID–19 pandemic, Hongkong students are set to resume half-day\u00a0classes to minimize the rate of new infections. According to the Education Secretary, Kevin Yeung Yun schools reopening will be done in phases where the higher classes resume to schools first followed by the lower classes. 900,000 Hong Kong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":31055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}