Hong Kong: Keith 47 left his position as a primary school teacher in Hong Kong after 20 years to immigrate to the UK with his wife and son. This required the forfeiture of a monthly salary of approximately HK$60,000 (US$7,643), which was comfortable. In addition to selling his house and liquidating his assets, he also pulled out approximately HK$2 million from his teachers' retirement funds.
The veteran math and general studies teacher recalled how his principal tried to talk him down: "The principal told me that living in the UK was not easy and I would not have a package like mine in Hong Kong."
Although he was adamant. He declares that his 13-year-old son's future is his top priority, and it doesn't matter if it means accepting a low salary or blue-collar status.
Keith was one of a record number of teachers in Hong Kong who have left their positions over the past two years, with some schools running short of experienced teachers and scrambling to hire apprentices before graduating. Huh. Huh. Huh.
Several sources of data released in recent months reflect this trend. During a special financial meeting of the Legislative Council in April, the Education Bureau responded to MP Michael TN Puk-sun that 5,270 teachers from kindergarten, primary, secondary and special schools resigned in 2020-2021, a significant increase of 3,440. Is. is growth. 2019-2020.
Earlier, the annual report of the Subsidized School Provident Fund stated that 2,125 teachers withdrew a total of HK$6.8 billion from their savings during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Compared to previous years, where nearly 40% of them reported resignation, more than half of them did so this year. This means that most of them were still working when they resigned, which has not happened since the data became available in 2015.
Senior teachers with more than 15 years of experience made up two-thirds of all resignations in 2020-2021, up from 58% of those who left the previous year. 10% of those who quit last year were between 10 and 15 years of service, up from 6% a year ago
A record number of teachers left their jobs in the 2020-21 school year, according to a survey conducted in September by the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools and results published in May.
The survey, which included 140 secondary schools, found that each lost an average of 7.1 teachers in 2020-21, up from 3.9 in 2019–20 and 4.2 in 2018-19.
According to the association, many headmasters had trouble finding teachers for the upcoming school year. According to the Bureau of Education, teachers leave their jobs every year for a variety of reasons, such as moving, retiring, pursuing higher education, accepting a new job or getting married.
Our observations indicate that schools are generally running smoothly and have a sufficient number of qualified teachers."
Wong Kin-ho, president of the Hong Kong Education Workers' Union, claimed that some schools had staffing problems as a result of the high number of resignations over the past two academic years.
Wong, who is also the vice-principal of a secondary school, said, "I've heard of a school with 67 teaching staff that lost 14 teachers in a year - that's about 20% of its manpower, which That's enough."
According to education experts contacted by the Post, the social unrest of 2019 in Hong Kong, the introduction of national security legislation in Beijing in 2020 and reforms in the political system to ensure "patriots" were all factors. Resignation in the last two years.
A new emphasis was placed on the need for institutions to instill in children a sense of loyalty and love for the mainland Chinese people, after some teachers in schools accused their students of misleading them.
The Education Bureau reported in April that between 2019 and last year, it had received 502 complaints about teachers, of which 344—more than two-thirds of the total—were related to anti-government protests.
Of the 344 complaints, there was evidence in support of them in 55% or 189 cases. Six teachers' licenses were canceled permanently, while 50 gave reprimand letters and 59 gave written warnings.
It's no secret that many teachers act more carefully in front of students because they know that everything they say or do can cause complaints if they feel they have learned new things. The "red line" is crossed.
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