In 2009, Catherine Clayton commented that the school was known for encouraging its students to use creative ways to learn about the history of Macau, but that it did not directly teach this history. Chan Jileung (陳子良) and Wong Chao Son (黃就順), Pui Ching history and geography teachers, told Clayton that there were several reasons for this: the lack of a textbook about Macau history, the fact that such knowledge did not factor into the admissions processes of foreign universities, the already high course loads faced by students, and political sensitivities.