Kindergarten exercise used since 2009 asked children to colour in picture of policeman and dogPro-establishment parents claim picture was politically motivated and derogatory towards force
A children’s colouring-in worksheet used by a Hong Kong kindergarten since 2009 has been dragged into the row between anti-government protesters and police.
“School management and teachers have always followed professional conduct and principles to help pupils develop the correct values, as well as tolerance and respect for others’ opinions. We would not bring politics onto our campuses.” But Sun Island said the two worksheets were given to different classes in February, with three-year-old pupils asked to colour in the officer and the dog, while the other version was for pre-nursery children. In its statement the kindergarten said the different designs were based on learning progress.
But Ip Kin-yuen, education sector lawmaker and vice-president of the pro-democracy Professional Teachers’ Union, believed the worksheet itself was not a problem and people had jumped to the wrong conclusion.
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