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Funding body to issue HK$165 million in grants for Hong Kong universities to develop better online teaching methods
Eight Hong Kong universities are in line for grants totalling HK$165 million (US$21.3 million) aimed at developing better virtual teaching methods, which are anticipated to become part of the “new normal” in coming years.Online teaching was widely adopted amid the coronavirus pandemic as schools suspended face-to-face classes for months at a time to avoid infections. But the University Grants Committee (UGC), which funds the city’s public institutions of higher education, noted along with its…