Hong Kong teachers to be given 1 year to obtain practising certificates

Teachers in Hong Kong will be given a year to fulfil a proposed government requirement to obtain a practising certificate, in light of the large number of applications expected in the first 12 months of its implementation, the education minister has said. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin on Friday also warned schools not to help teachers submit their applications if they found that educators had not completed enough hours of continuing professional development, among other...