The Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Condemned the exam questions that seriously hurt national sentiment
Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, May 14th (Reporter Zhou Wenqi) A spokesman for the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said on the 14th that the Education Bureau was aware that this year's Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (Diploma Examination) History Section (Volume 1) had test questions with extremely one-sided information As a result, the test questions are instructive, and candidates may therefore draw biased conclusions, seriously hurting the feelings and dignity of the citizens who suffered greatly during the Japanese invasion of China. The Education Bureau deeply regrets the appearance of such designed questions in the public examination and condemns it.
A spokesman for the Education Bureau emphasized that the Education Bureau requires the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) to follow up seriously, make reasonable explanations to the public, and comprehensively review the question-making mechanism to improve it as soon as possible to maintain the fairness, impartiality and Credibility.
The Hong Kong Federation of Educators said in a statement that the Internet recently released screenshots of social media that were suspected to be Yang Yingyu, Manager of the Development Department (Historical Section) and Senior Manager (General Knowledge) Lu Jiayao of the Assessment and Development Bureau of the HKEAA. Remarks that violated Hong Kong's basic law include "without Japan's invasion of China, how can there be a new China"? Coincidentally, one of the questions in the examination papers of the history course of the diploma exam asked the candidates whether they agreed with the statement that "Japan brought more benefits than harm to China during 1900-1945." It is inevitable that it is doubtful that Yang Yingyu's political stance has affected the setting of the test questions.
The statement emphasized that this Council expressed shock and anger at the comments made by senior officials of the HKEAA that violated professional ethics and openly posted cold-blooded hatred and strong political positions on social media. The work of the staff of the Evaluation Bureau is more sensitive than that of the general educators and the Education Bureau, and its political orientation may have an indirect impact on candidates. The public has higher expectations of their professional ethics, so they must pay attention to their words and deeds and be responsible for their public speech.
The Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination is equivalent to the Mainland Entrance Examination. In this year's Diploma Examination History (Volume 1), there is a question that asks students to answer the statement of "whether you agree that Japan will bring more benefits than harm to China from 1900 to 1945" on the materials provided on the test paper.