Letters | Education Bureau must reflect on how it failed parents and children in its handling of Think International
- The sudden suspension of classes at the school is not in line with the Education Bureau’s promise of creating a stable and caring learning environment
- The bureau must review whether it could have minimised the impact to students, parents and teachers
To the teachers who have stayed, I salute you. You have been on a team-building exercise like no other. To the teachers who have left, I wholeheartedly understand. You were truly inspirational to our children and you will never be forgotten.
Education in Hong Kong was our biggest concern prior to emigrating here. My partner arrived first in January 2013, while our children and I only followed at the end of March 2013, after a Skype interview with the current lead of the primary school (then a Year 1 teacher) for our then five-year-old, and our acceptance of a place at Think International School.
We would not have emigrated without a confirmed place in a school of our choice. The local school system was not suitable and the use of nomination rights schemes and other types of debenture, which are common in international schools in Hong Kong, was not affordable or morally acceptable to us.
There has to be a transparent review of what has happened under the Education Bureau’s watch and their inspection procedure. Couldn’t this have been done in a better way to have alleviated this immense impact on students, teachers, principals and parents?
Next, the Education Bureau needs to sort out the real flaws in the system that have allowed this to happen.
Tanya Locks, Tai Po