On 6 April, 2022, the Hon Michael Tien received a written reply by the Secretary for Education, Mr. Kevin Yeung, in the Legislative Council. Mr. Yeung set out the respective rates of retention and attrition of Native English Teachers (NETs) in primary and secondary schools in the past five school years. LCQ16: Demand and supply […]
This year NESTA is proud to offer three (or four) different student competitions centered on one unified theme and targeted at a wide range of abilities. In addition, NESTA will introduce an updated mode of submission and judging to reduce paperwork for the NET, increase student engagement, and lower environmental impact. We hope everyone will […]
On Monday evening, the new NESTA Executive had their first meeting of the 2021-22 academic year. EDB Native English Speaking Teachers in Hong Kong enjoy coming together and discussing issues such as Professional Development, student competitions, NESTA EDB Liaison meetings, and social activities. We met at a pub in TST and for a couple of […]
The end of another NESTA year culminated with a hybrid annual general meeting on Friday 18 June which was held on the rooftop of IFC and virtually on Microsoft Teams! Nominations for the new NESTA Executive Committee took place and the following members were acclaimed: Chairperson: Michael AgopsowiczSecretary: Oliver GoslingTreasurer: Michael LiuPrimary Liaison Officer: Hywel […]
Book prizes and Commercial Press cash vouchers were sent out today by registered post so winning schools can expect to receive them by the middle of next week, after the long Dragon Boat Festival weekend! Once again, huge thanks to our sponsor Scholastic for their continued support of the NESTA Primary & Secondary Competition. NESTA cannot […]
As another academic year draws to a close, we take a look at the roaring success of this year’s primary & secondary competition. At the end of last month, the NESTA Executive met to judge the hundreds of quality student competition entries. Twenty top submissions were selected, 10 primary and 10 secondary. The top 5 […]
Once again, NESTA would like to thank all the NET members and non-members who donated to the fundraising 100 km bike challenge in December. All monies raised before 31st January, 2021, were distributed 50% to local charity ImpactHK (a non-profit that provides the homeless in Hong Kong with friendship, food, shelter, education and employment opportunities), and 50% […]
Woo-hoo, smashed it! In the spirit of the festive season (giving and receiving), and in conjunction with NESTA, I completed a charity fundraising bike ride of a 100 kilometres (105 km to be exact) on a folding bike (Tern Verge D9) on (almost) all the cycle paths in the New Territories, taking 6 hours (actual […]
On Friday 20 November, 2020, NESTA met with the EDB. The ranking member was Teresa Chan, Principal Assistant Secretary. As standard practice, NESTA submitted the following agenda topics and questions to the EDB one month prior to the meeting. School Based Management – How is school-based management congruent with top-down directives from the EDB or […]
On Wednesday 4 November, 2020, the NESTA Executive met with LEGCO Panel on Education member the Honorable Michael Tien. We discussed the same issues that NESTA will focus on at the NESTA EDB Liaison later this month. Mr Tien mentioned he was meeting with the Secretary of Education Kevin Yeung soon and will bring up these issues on our […]
