An important component of the MLS course is the opportunity to travel overseas with a full sponsorship from MOE. The MLS cohort (divided into several teams) will be sent out to different countries. The objective of the trip is to allow us to learn about the educational system and culture of the host countries.
Well, my team has been assigned to Hong Kong & Macau. I am pleasantly surprised.
But what I really want to share about in this post is a school which I am very excited to visit ( with my team members). I have been eyeing this school for years and this March I am going in !
This School, Fresh Fish Traders' School (鮮魚行學校) is situated in Tai Kok Tsui (香港九龍大角咀), a low-income estate in Kowloon.70 per cent of the 266 pupils are from families on the dole. About half are
children of new immigrants from the mainland. Licking
inter-generational poverty there is an uphill mission. Only three out of about
500 of its pupils the past decade eventually made it to university. The
majority, says Mr Leung, the school Principal, end up as drivers or cooks.
Reading from online media, I can infer that Mr Leung is quite a unique Principal. He has the heart for the children. He will do whatever to keep a child in school. If you read the book, "Totto Chan" by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, you can draw parallel from the book's character,Mr Kobayashi, the Principal of the school where Totto chan studied to how Mr Leung runs his school.
I have established contact with the Principal and he is willing to host our visit. I am so happy ! In fact, all my team members are leaping with joy !
In my team, we have all agreed that we are going to do something special for these children. We will be buying them stationery and helping the school to set up a mini school library. We are all willing to come out with our own money to help these children.
So folks , stay tune. I will bring you up-to-date news when I visit the school on 11th March.
In case you like to know more about the school, check out the links:
(1) http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/asia-report/hong-kong/story/fishing-success-bid-lick-poverty-20121202
(2) http://www.skhsch.org.hk/files/upload/20111205092541dTogether-v60-webS.pdf
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