Coronavirus Hong Kong: parents relieved, children excited as schools fully reopen after partial lockdown
- Nearly 900,000 pupils return in final phase of class resumption after more than six months away
- Half-day classes for those in Primary Two to Four, Form Two to Four, and kindergarten K1 and K2
Nearly 900,000 pupils across Hong Kong schools and kindergartens returned to the classroom on Tuesday for the first time in more than six months, the final phase of resumptions since the coronavirus forced campuses to close.
Children from Primary Two to Four, Form Two to Four and kindergarten K1 and K2 attended half-day classes across the city after a steady drop in infection cases, with those who spoke to the Post excited to be back at school.
Pupils in Primary One, Five and Six, Form One, Five and Six, as well as those in kindergarten K3 resumed classes from last Wednesday.
Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said Tuesday’s citywide class resumption was mostly smooth despite some unstable weather in the morning, but it still remained to be seen whether it would be safe to let all schools resume on a full-day basis.
In-person lessons have been largely suspended at all Hong Kong schools and kindergartens since February, and while most grades briefly returned for about a month from May, schools closed again in July before the summer break because of the third wave of infections.
