Exempt Hong Kong substitute teachers from practising certificates, principals say

School principals in Hong Kong have urged the government to exempt substitute teachers from needing to obtain newly proposed practising certificates, to avoid placing unnecessary obstacles in the way of hiring such in-demand educators. Their calls came as the Education Bureau said last month that it was consulting the Department of Justice on the proposal to ensure it would maintain professional standards and meet the needs of schools. The new measure raised in the policy address would mean that...