China News Service, Hong Kong, September 18 (Wang Jiacheng) The Hong Kong school will resume the arrangement of face-to-face classes starting from September 23.
The Democratic Alliance for the Advancement of Hong Kong (DAB) announced at a press conference on the 18th a recent survey for parents of kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, stating that 90% of parents agree that all school staff in Hong Kong should be tested for the new crown virus.
From September 15 to 17, DAB Legislative Council Members Ke Chuangsheng, Zhang Guojun and Zheng Yongshun conducted an electronic questionnaire survey on "School Resumption Arrangements and Measures under the Epidemic", and a total of 1,324 kindergartens, primary and secondary schools were recovered Effective response from parents.
The survey shows that nearly 55% of parents agree that September 23 is a good time to resume classes, which will help improve the quality of students' learning.
However, about 75% of parents are worried that factors such as public transportation after school starts, crowd gathering and close contact in the school will promote the spread of a new round of new crown pneumonia.
According to the survey, nearly 90% of the parents interviewed agree that all school staff in Hong Kong should participate in virus testing to stop the risk of the virus spreading in schools.
There are also more than 70% of parents who believe that it is necessary to implement the two epidemic prevention measures of "maintaining social distancing on campus" and "schools should strengthen classroom disinfection".
At present, the third wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong has not ended, and it cannot be ruled out that the virus will enter the campus again.
In this regard, more than 91% of parents said that if a confirmed case is found in the school again, they will support the Education Bureau's suggestion that the school be suspended for 14 days.
Among them, 20% of parents hope to extend the suspension time or expand the scope of suspension.
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