Educators — 'engineers of the human soul'

Being a teacher of teachers is a noble vocation, and Hong Kong must cultivate 'new quality' educators who can meet the city's needs in the new era with a deeper understanding of national developments, EdUHK president John Lee Chi-kin tells Stephy Zhang. In a one-on-one interview with China Daily, Lee, who became the sixth president of the Education University of Hong Kong in September, promises to steer the publicly funded tertiary institution toward nurturing more thoughtful, communicative and knowledgeable educators who can meet Hong Kong's needs in the new era. Educating quality teachers Referring to the EdUHK's newly established National Security and Legal Education Research Centre, Lee says a comprehensive understanding of national security is a prerequisite for educators in the special administrative region. Lee stresses it's vital for Hong Kong to produce "new quality educators", and this calls for deeper understanding of emerging industries and new technologies like artificial intelligence.