Protest activity continues in Hong Kong Junior high and high school class boycott calls on August 17 at 12:58
As protests continued in Hong Kong, an organization made up of junior and senior high school students called for boycotting classes once a week from next month when the new semester begins. Hong Kong's education authorities objected that political issues should not be brought in, and ripples are spreading in the education world.
In Hong Kong, protests have been ongoing for more than two months over the draft amendment to allow the suspects to be handed over to mainland China.
Under these circumstances, a group made up of Hong Kong junior high school students and high school students held a press conference on the 16th and surveyed about 20,000 students. As a result, nearly 90% supported boycotting classes to show their willingness to protest. And nearly a quarter of them agreed to do it weekly.
Hong Kong has about 500 junior high schools and high schools, with a total of over 320,000 students. The group called for a boycott of classes every Monday from the beginning of the new semester.
In contrast, Hong Kong's education authorities are depriving students of learning opportunities and arguing that political issues should not be brought into the field of education.
On the 17th, teachers are calling for demonstrations that the Hong Kong government should show understanding to the young people's claims, and ripples are spreading in the education world.