Education Bureau ‘open’ to letting international and older students study while other pupils in Hong Kong begin summer early


International and senior students could be allowed to continue their studies online in March and April, when the rest of Hong Kong’s pupils begin their summer holidays under a timetable revised due to the Covid-19 pandemic, after school heads raised strong concerns over disruptions to learning.

Local and international school heads reported on Wednesday the likely concession following discussions with education officials, a day after Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced school campuses would be used for compulsory virus testing, isolation and vaccination.

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