Political Pressure Mounts, Hong Kong Teacher Losses Hits 5-Year High

Political Pressure Mounts, Hong Kong Teacher Losses Hits 5-Year High
A teacher introduces himself to the students in a classroom at a secondary school, during the first day of the new term, in Hong Kong on Sept. 1, 2021. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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The latest figures provided by the Hong Kong Education Bureau show that the number of teachers lost in Hong Kong has increased significantly in the new academic year, hitting a five-year high.

Teachers say they now are forced to “educate” their students according to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) so-called National Security Law, which include content for “National Security Education.” They have to be cautious with existing teaching materials, as some of that content can no longer be taught.