It's class warfare in battle to cut Hong Kong schools down to size

Elaine Yau:

All schools are equal under a government plan to reduce classes, but some are more equal than others. These are the elite schools.
Their alumni are often wealthy donors and powerful people, so it is much more difficult for the government to encourage them to join the class-reduction plan. Officials want about 200 secondary schools to volunteer to cut a secondary-one class as part of government efforts to cut costs because of falling birth rates.

But alumni of Wah Yan College in Kowloon and King's College in Sai Ying Pun are leading the rebellion, and many parents who want to enrol their children in such elite schools do not want them to cut classes.

Alumni of King's College are considering launching a judicial review of the school's decision to join the scheme.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 6, 2011 3:24 AM
Subscribe to this site via RSS/Atom: Newsletter signup | Send us your ideas