Zheng Guanying Official School Explained

Zheng Guanying Official School
Former Name:Escola Luso-Chinesa de Tamagnini Barbosa
Language:Mandarin Chinese (most subjects)
Location:Rua Marginal do Canal das Hortas, s/n
台山菜園涌邊街
Country:Macao
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Zheng Guanying Official School[1] (Portuguese: '''Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying''', EOZGY) is a primary and secondary school in,[2] Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau.[3] It is named after Zheng Guanying. it was the sole governmental educational institution in the special administrative region using Standard Mandarin as a language of education.[4]

, the headmistress was Wu Kit (胡潔).[3]

History

The school opened in 2011 in the facilities of the former Escola Luso-Chinesa de Tamagnini Barbosa .[5] For each subsequent year, the Zheng Guanying school opened another instructional year. The school was the first government school to use Mandarin as its main instructional medium. In addition, Portuguese was to be used for some classes.[6]

Some parents on social media criticized the school in 2016,[7] stating the fact that students were taking different classes in different languages and that this affected the academic performances of their children. The school administration argued that the parents simply were not accustomed to the format of the school.[8]

In 2017, the school, along with another government school, the Escola Luso-Chinesa da Flora, started pilot bilingual Portuguese–Mandarin classes,[9] [10] and some students were taken out of the school as a result.[11]

The school inaugurated its new facilities in 2018.[12]

Curriculum

Mandarin Chinese is the language of instruction of most subjects, while music and physical education are taught in Portuguese. By 2017 the school started a pilot programme for bilingual Portuguese–Mandarin classes.

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Notes and References

  2. Web site: 2021-12-15 . Govt announces details of public schools’ merger . 2023-06-05 . The Macau Post Daily.
  3. "Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Rua Marginal do Canal das Hortas, s/n" – Chinese profile: "學校地址: 台山菜園涌邊街"
  4. Web site: Meneses . João Paulo . February 2021 . Special Report – EOZGY, the Pǔtōnghuà’ school . 2023-06-05 . . Macau News Agency.
  5. Web site: Soares . Catarina Brites . 2018-08-23 . Culturas e línguas a pensar nas novas gerações . 2024-04-11 . Revista Macau . pt.
  6. News: Chan . Viviana . 2016-03-18 . Escola Zheng Guanying nega acusações de pais . 2024-04-11 . Jornal Tribuna de Macau . pt.
  7. News: 2016-03-17 . Escola Zheng Guanying acusada de "capricho" . 2024-04-12 . . pt.
  8. News: Chan . Viviana . 2016-03-18 . Escola Zheng Guanying nega acusações de pais . 2017-08-15 . . pt . A direcção da Escola Oficial de Zheng Guanying rejeita [...] facto que dizem afectar o rendimento dos alunos e, consequentemente, a conclusão dos estudos..
  9. News: 2017-02-15 . Duas escolas oficiais com turmas bilingues . 2024-04-11 . Jornal Tribuna de Macau . pt.
  10. News: 2017-02-26 . Pais com dúvidas sobre projeto-piloto de turmas bilingues em duas escolas de Macau . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170815124433/http://noticias.sapo.tl/portugues/lusa/artigo/21999182.html . 2017-08-15 . 2017-08-15 . SAPO Notícias.
  11. Book: Moody, Andrew J. . Macau’s Languages in Society and Education: Planning in a Multilingual Ecology . 2021 . . 9783030682651 . 154.
  12. Web site: 2018-01-15 . Escola Zheng Guanying com novo edifício . 2024-04-11 . Jornal Tribuna de Macau . pt.

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