Professional Teachers Union says around 95 percent of teachers it surveyed believe that online learning has affected their students' preparation for the DSE exams. The Professional Teachers Union (PTU) said adjustments need to be made to the city's university entrance exams given the serious disruption of face-to-face teaching because of the coronavirus pandemic, RTHK reports. The PTU made the comments during a press conference unveiling the results of a survey of teachers preparing students from the 2021 Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams. The online survey was carried out from August 21 to 26, and a total of 841 teachers were interviewed. Around 95 percent of teachers surveyed believe that online learning has affected their students' preparation for the DSE exams and that it had also affected their students' learning progress.
Source: The Standard August 29, 2020 09:38 UTC