Despite the threat of COVID-19, the final exams for secondary students in Hong Kong finally commenced lats Friday.
Commencement of the final exams for secondary students
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide, Hong Kong education officials, still find it more important to secure that the future of these secondary students will not be flailed due to incompletion of the secondary level final exam.
The final exam for secondary students that commenced last Friday, April 24, will be the deciding factor for graduating secondary level students on which universities they can go to for college.
Around 3,000 students made it to the first batch of examinees. There are around 52,000 student examinees that are expected to participate in the succeeding weeks.
Students taking the final exam were instructed to come to the venue earlier for temperature monitoring and checking of proper health certificates. Exam desks were properly arranged to be at least 2 meters apart from each other, and everyone inside the hall was to wear face masks at all times.
Class suspension in Hong Kong
Hong Kong was among the first worldwide to acknowledge the threat of the COVID-19 outbreak and issued an immediate lockdown on the country. As early as January, schools in Hong Kong were closed, and students were directed to take distance learning to complete their respective grade levels.
Hong Kong wasn’t new with such a pandemic. The government already learned how to use precautionary measures, learning from what happened during the SARS outbreak in 2003.
The country was not perfect in handling the situation but remained impressive in handling the COVID-19 situation. Despite being closer to the epicenter of the epidemic, Hong Kong only has around 1000 total cases and only four deaths in total.
The Hong Kong health ministry made sure that students taking the final exams for their diploma are safe from the transmission of the virus inside the testing area. Outside of the testing centers, the government expects that students and parents are well aware of the proper guidelines on social distancing and proper hygiene.
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