The Government today announced that Primary 4 to Secondary 2 students will resume classes on June 8 as scheduled.

This follows the smooth resumption of Secondary 3 to Secondary 5 classes on May 27.

The Education Bureau said that schools operated smoothly in the past week and they have rearranged their lesson timetables and staggered activity times to avoid crowd gatherings.

Students have also quickly readjusted themselves to school life, it added.

Given the occasional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, the bureau reminded all parties to stay vigilant and be cautious.

Schools should continue to implement anti-epidemic measures, including checking of body temperatures, maintaining appropriate social distance and wearing masks at all times.

The bureau will liaise with the Centre for Health Protection and closely monitor the development of the epidemic as well as take into account the advice of health experts and continue to follow up on class resumption arrangements.

Regarding class resumption arrangements for cross-boundary students, the bureau said it involves issues such as the immigration control between the Mainland and Hong Kong, the anti-epidemic and infection control policies as well as traffic arrangements.

The bureau strives to resume classes for these students from Secondary 3 to Secondary 5 at around mid-June.

On the arrangement for Primary 5 internal examinations for secondary school places allocation, affected schools may make special arrangements with regard to their circumstances.

Schools can consider postponing the assessment period for Primary 5 students to September.

If schools decide to postpone the Primary 5 internal exams to September, they should submit the scores by October 20.