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Sept., 3.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS
spirit of the Precious Blood Golden Jubilee School
ta squcol was started in September, 1973 to exp -eriment a 'new' approach in education. (new to Hong Kong)Instead of the usual disciplinarian, subservient, and examination-orientated approaches, the school placed emphasis on discussions, dialogue, mutual assistanse, respect, and a questioning approach to learning. The examination results in the school was relatively de-emphasized. A great deal of the students' time was spent in learning to be aware of public issues and justices and to become responsible citizens.
For four years, the school has gradually gained the respect from the School of Education of the Chinese Universityof Hong Kong and the Colleges of Education and was chosen as a major school for de -monstration and visits for their students.
2% Teachers of the school exposed financial mal-practices of the
old Principal
Beginning,77 individual teachers approached the old principal
(a van Catholic Sister) about various mal-pract -ices of finance and overcharging of fees on stud -60be. hat sur denied any overcharging.
1/2/77
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14/4/77
22/4/77
Jue teaoners reported the incident to the Independ Dent Commission Against Corruption. No action was * ken-
Tekeners got concrete information from the clerk who had been instructed by the then Principal to julsify acorns. She somehow got frightened and asked the teachers for advice. The teachers approach -ed the Principal and the Superior of her Religious ordar to neck an explanation and find a solution internally. However, they found that the school
thelity hed no sincerity to solve this problem Jecause the lerk was again asked to change the items of the account brought up by the teachers. The school authority informed the teachers that the Principal had' resigned and the incident was refer -red to the Education Department for further action. The teachers compiled their source of information and sent it to the Education Department.
33 Sit-in by students and teachers inside school
May,77
June,77
9/6/77
In the process of discussion between teachers and the school authority to find a solution to these mal-practices, the students learned about it and requested an explanation and a solution from the school authority, but with no result. Teachers found that new demands: which gave school authority greater control over the teachers were added in the contracts to be signed by the teachers. Students were very upset by the above events, and with four years of learning atmosphere which has nurtured the spirit to face wrongdoings, therefore the students and teachers staged a two day sit-in.
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