From Cultural to Educational Desert

Photo of a cartoon created by VAWONGSIR, a teacher of Liberal Studies and Visual Arts in Hong Kong taken on May 2, 2021. His drawing of the cartoon was ruled "professionally unethical" by the Hong Kong government. He resigned in June 2021. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times

Commentary

Educational cleansing became rampant after the Hong Kong National Security Law was passed in 2020. The release of the Education Bureau (EDB)’s Guidelines on Teachers’ Professional Conduct (Guidelines) last week means another spell on teachers, who will only be obedient and act as mouthpieces of the regime in the future.