2 Hong Kong teachers struck off register in 2023 for watching or accidentally broadcasting porn in class
- Education Bureau says 47 teachers were deregistered last year, including six cases related to professional misconduct
- Among the six cases, three involved teacher-student relations, two consumed porn in class, and the last one had published inappropriate posts on social media
Two Hong Kong schoolteachers have been struck off the register for watching or accidentally broadcasting pornography during lesson time, while three other cases involved misconduct related to relations with students.
Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin on Friday told a Legislative Council panel meeting that 47 teachers were deregistered last year. Forty-one were convicted of breaking the law while the other six cases were related to professional misconduct.
“Those six cases were not legally convicted, but teachers should not have committed [those wrong acts],” she said.
The secretary revealed three cases involved teacher-student relations. Another two teachers watched or broadcast a porn video carelessly during lesson time, and the last case involved publishing inappropriate posts on social media.
In 2022, a male teacher at girls’ school Leung Shek Chee College in Kwun Tong resigned after being caught watching a pornographic video in class and inadvertently exposing his students to the footage on an electronic screen.
The school said it had provided counselling to the students and told their parents about the incident.
A spokeswoman for the Education Bureau said it could not confirm if the teacher was one of the two disqualified.
