Zheng Guanying Official School
鄭觀應公立學校
Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying
Location
Map
Rua Marginal do Canal das Hortas, s/n
台山菜園涌邊街

Macau
Coordinates22°12′49″N 113°32′41″E / 22.2135074°N 113.54475839999998°E / 22.2135074; 113.54475839999998
Information
Former nameEscola Luso-Chinesa de Tamagnini Barbosa
TypeGovernment school
LanguageMandarin Chinese (most subjects)
Websiteeozgy.k12.edu.mo
Zheng Guanying Official School
Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying
Traditional Chinese鄭觀應公立學校
Simplified Chinese郑观应公立学校
Literal meaningZheng Guanying Public School
Escola Primária Luso-Chinesa de Tamagnini Barbosa
Traditional Chinese巴波沙中葡小學
Simplified Chinese巴波沙中葡小学
Literal meaningBarbosa Luso-Chinese Primary School
Portuguese name
PortugueseEscola Oficial Zheng Guanying

Zheng Guanying Official School[1] (Chinese: 鄭觀應公立學校, Portuguese: Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying, EOZGY) is a primary and secondary school in Toi San [zh],[2] Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau.[3] It is named after Zheng Guanying.

As of 2016, the headmistress was Wu Kit (胡潔).[3][4]

As of 2021 it was the sole governmantal educational institution in the special administrative region which uses Standard Mandarin as a language of education.[5]

History

It was known as the Escola Luso-Chinesa de Tamagnini Barbosa (巴波沙中葡小學) until 2011 when it adopted its current name. For each subsequent year, the Zheng Guanying school opened another instructional year.[4] That year it also began using Modern Standard Mandarin as its main instructional medium. The school added Portuguese classes, and some students were taken out of the school as a result.[6]

Curriculum

Mandarin Chinese[7] is the language of instruction of most subjects, while music and physical education are taught in Portuguese. That year, some parents on social media criticized the school, stating that 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.[4]

By 2017 the school was starting a pilot programme for bilingual Portuguese-Mandarin classes.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^
    • School document
    • Media use of the name: "DSEJ to implement bilingual classes in official schools". Macau Daily Times. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  2. ^ "Govt announces details of public schools' merger". The Macau Post Daily. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Escola Zheng Guanying nega acusações de pais". Jornal Tribuna de Macau. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2017-08-15. "A direcção da Escola Oficial de Zheng Guanying rejeita [...] facto que dizem afectar o rendimento dos alunos e, consequentemente, a conclusão dos estudos."
  5. ^ Meneses, João Paulo (February 2021). "Special Report – EOZGY, the Pǔtōnghuà' school". Macau Business. Macau News Agency. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  6. ^ Moody, Andrew J. (2021-03-18). Macau’s Languages in Society and Education: Planning in a Multilingual Ecology. Springer Nature. p. 154. ISBN 9783030682651.
  7. ^ "Central Registration for Children Entering Kindergarten for the First Time". Education and Youth Development Bureau. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  8. ^ "Pais com dúvidas sobre projeto-piloto de turmas bilingues em duas escolas de Macau". SAPO Notícias. 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-08-15.

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