致教育局局長楊潤雄先生的信 － 關注近日教育局處理因社會事件而出現的投訴
| Letter to Mr. Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, JP (Secretary for Education) on “Handling Complaints Against Education Practitioners” | 中文原文 |
Mr. Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, JP
Secretary for Education
11/F, East Wing,
Central Government Offices,
2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
26th February 2020
Dear Mr. Kevin Yeung,
Despite the turmoil due to the “Anti-Extradition Law Movement” since mid-2019 or the suspension of schools but not learning in view of the novel coronavirus since the beginning of 2020, every educator has tried our best to uphold our professionalism to keep the smooth running of schools and to protect our students’ right to learn. We devote ourselves to education in spite of the many difficulties and misunderstanding. In public, you have also given your recognition to teachers for their hard work and efforts.
However, recently, we learnt from some of our members and the mass media that there was a considerable number of schools being complained against in different ways because of the social crisis. The way that the EDB handles those complaints has caused much concern not only for the front-line workers but also our Association.
According to the existing Complaint Handling Mechanism, the EDB has a set of procedures and guidelines when handling complaints against teachers, principals or schools. However, the EDB’s handling of recent cases related to the social crisis seems not to be in accordance with the same practice and without clear justification. At present, we are looking into different cases. Once we have gathered the information, we sincerely hope to have a meeting with you on working together for the professional development of the education sector.
Should you have any question or enquiry, please feel free to contact me or Mr. Michael Wong Wai-yu, our Honorary Executive Secretary, by phone or email.
Yours sincerely,
Teddy Tang Chun-keung
Chairman
HKAHSS
| 致教育局局長信函 | English version |
教育局
香港添馬添美道 2 號
政府總部東翼 11 樓
教育局局長
楊潤雄先生, JP
教育局局長楊潤雄先生鈞鑒： 香港自2019 年中開始因「反修例」掀起的社會風波，至 2020 年初因「新冠肺炎」導致的停課不停學安排，各教育工作者一直持守教育專業精神，盡力維持學校的正常運作、守護學生的學習權利，當中雖遇上不少困難及誤解， 仍緊守崗位，默默努力。楊局長亦曾在公開場合，對努力不懈的老師給予正 面的肯定。
惟近日我們從部份校長會員、與及報章報道中，發覺為數不少的學校因著社會事件而遭受不同類型的投訴，而教育當局的處理方法，讓不少校長飽受困擾，香港中學校長會對此極度關注。
按現行機制，教育局處理投訴老師、校長或學校有一套行之有效的程序，但近日教育局處理因社會事件而出現的投訴，似有偏離現行機制的情況，所採取的行動亦未知其法理依據何在。目前我們正就不同個案作出深入瞭解，一俟資料齊備，希望能與閣下懇切面談，為教育界的專業發展共同作出努力。
如有任何問題或查詢，敬請致電 (92439798) 或電郵（tedcktang@gmail.com）聯 絡本人，亦可致電（64727373, 81700348）或電郵（michaelwaiyu@gmail.com） 聯絡本會義務總幹事黃謂儒校長。
香港中學校長會主席
鄧振強謹啓
二零二零年二月二十六日