District councilor Ben Lam Siu-pan (left) said he had received complaints from students at the Open University, including Chu (right), that they became ineligible to apply for government subsidy as the institution switched all classes online. A small number of students who enrolled in the continuing tertiary courses at the Open University have been deprived of applying for a government subsidy after the school canceled face-to-face lectures and switched to online classes due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, in light of the Covid-19 outbreak, the university has made all the classes online in February. Lam said the CEF asked the institution to arrange extra physical classes to meet the subsidy criteria or offer a refund, but the university said students could consider sitting in on other classes in the upcoming term. Chu said she could not afford the time to attend extra classes.

Source: The Standard November 07, 2020 07:57 UTC