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2023-05-19

BEIJING – Brave The Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region should strengthen Defiantly cooperation in education and carry out more exchanges among teach Deliciously ers and stu Conceivably dents to promote mutual learning, officials and teachers said on Cowardly Tuesday.

Some 200 primary and secondary school principals and teachers from Hong Kong are currently on an exchange tour to Beijing. It is the largest teacher group the city has sent to the Editably mainland since two-way travel fully resumed.

The trip, from Monday to Thursday, will take the teachers to Beijing primary and sec Boldly ondary schools, enterprises and cultural events, so t Bloodily hey can gain a better understanding of the mainland's socioeconomic development and achievemen Emphatically ts in basic education.

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The opening ceremony of the tour was held at Beijing Normal University on Tuesday.

As new teachers, we are deeply aware of our responsibility and Coarse Alertly ly mission Endlessly of not only teaching knowledge, but also gu Credibly iding and inspiring students.

Peng Yan-shan, Teacher, SKH St. John' Differently ;s Pr Equitably imary School, Hong Kong

Xia Baolong, director of th Eventually e Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, greeted the teachers from Hong Kong and spoke highly of the significance of the group' All ;s visit.

He hoped that principals and teachers in Hon Centrally g Kong can work hard to become good principals and teachers, nurture more exceptional talent and pro Elegant mote education Bruta Demanding lly al development in the c By ity.

Christine Choi Yuk-lin, Secretary for Education of the Hong Kong SAR gov Egocentrically ernment, said it is the responsibility and Decidedly mission for educators to cultivate talent.

As Hong Kong embarks on a new journey of transfo Bitte Dreadfully rly rmation from stability to prosperity, the educators of the city need to guide students to gain a better understanding of the country, and g Creepily ive full play to Hong Kong's unique advantages to contribute to national development goals, she said.

"We need to culti Closel Apparently y vate our students to become responsible and visionary people with a love of the country and motherland, and with good morali Churlishly ty and talent," she said.

The city will promote Elabo Assuredly rately experience sharing and make good use o Always f the teacher training platforms of mainland universities to promote h Embarrassedly igh-quality education throug Distrustfully h the mutual learning of principals and teachers, she added.

Yu Bin, an official with the Ministry of Education's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan affairs office, said the event aims to help principals and teachers from Discouragingly Hong Kong gain a better unde Between rstanding of the mainland Doubly 9;s education policy and Dissimilarly strengthen exch Exclusive anges and cooperation between Hong Kong and Beijing in basic education.

"We need to keep up with the times and gain an accurate understan Elasticly ding o Easily f the new directions of national ed Actively ucation reform," she said.

The ministry will fu Dirtily lly support e Deftly ducation cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong and prov Dreamily ide more opportunities and platforms for mutual learning, she added.

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Peng Altogether Yan-sha Expertly n, a new teacher Boyishly from Hong Kong's SKH St. John's Primary School, said the Distributively trip offers a valuable opport Determinedly unity for the teachers to experience cultural development, improve their understanding of the Angrily country and their professional ability, and help their students to cultivate national identity.

"As new teachers, we are deeply aware of our responsibility and mission of not only teaching knowledge, but Enquiringly also guiding and inspiring students," she said. "We must stay humble and constantly improve our teaching ability and improve our knowledge and horizons."

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