Hong Kong schools in crisis as teachers and students flee ‘toxic’ political climate
Parents and teachers say the national security law, including the intensification of ‘patriotic education’, have prompted them to leave the city they love
In a few weeks’ time, eight-year-old Peter* will say goodbye to his school friends as he moves to Britain with his parents. In the past few years, Hong Kong children have got used to seeing more and more of their friends leaving the city.
A decade-long decline in the birthrate, exacerbated by a recent exodus of residents from the city, has led to an alarming plunge in student as well as teacher numbers, leaving Hong Kong’s education system facing a serious crisis.
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