Exclusive | Coronavirus: Hong Kong exams body to develop alternative student grading system for crises, education chief reveals
- In an exclusive interview, Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung also says his bureau will discuss with schools how to better prepare for class suspensions
- Schools will be asked to submit their internal assessments of Form Six students to exams body for comparison with DSE results
Exam authorities will carry out citywide research to develop an alternative student grading system in the event university entrance tests are cancelled because of future pandemics, Hong Kong’s education minister told the Post on Thursday.
In an exclusive interview, Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung also said his bureau would review with schools how to better prepare for class suspensions, including teacher training and resources for non-traditional instruction methods.
Having contained the spread of Covid-19, the city, which has recorded no local cases for 18 straight days, will relax some social-distancing rules and allow most business establishments ordered to close more than a month ago to reopen on Friday.
Classes for most of the city’s 900,000 pupils will also resume in phases starting on May 27, four months after all schools were shut in a bid to tackle the contagion.
