Secretary for Education "Hopes" Schools to "Cultivate National Identity" and Teachers and Principles to "Actively" Join the Government's Universal Testing
Regarding the new school term in September, Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, secretary for education in Hong Kong, issued a letter to primary and secondary schools, informing the principals and the teaching staff of their "responsibilities to cultivating national identity and law-abiding awareness of the students". The letter demanded schools to turn students into "good citizens and nationals by abiding school regulations in school and law in society”. The letter also emphasised that the HKSAR has responsibilities to "safeguard state sovereignty, security and benefits of development under Basic Law".
Yeung also mentioned the Education Bureau has released a notice to ask teaching staff and students to become familiar with the National Security Law.
As the government is promoting a universal COVID-19 testing scheme, Yeung has wrote on Facebook, hoping that "principals, teachers, students and parents can join the plan actively”.
Ip Kin-Yuen, lawmaker representing the functional constituency of education sector, stated it was not a problem if Yeung just advised, as long as “the test should not be mandatory, and teachers and students were not forced to be tested”. Ip urged the authorities to disclose relevant information and let teachers, students and parents decide for themselves.
Source: Stand News #Aug28
#Education #KelvinYeung #NationalEducation #NationalSecurityLaw #Covid19Testing #UniversalTesting #NationalIdentity
Regarding the new school term in September, Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, secretary for education in Hong Kong, issued a letter to primary and secondary schools, informing the principals and the teaching staff of their "responsibilities to cultivating national identity and law-abiding awareness of the students". The letter demanded schools to turn students into "good citizens and nationals by abiding school regulations in school and law in society”. The letter also emphasised that the HKSAR has responsibilities to "safeguard state sovereignty, security and benefits of development under Basic Law".
Yeung also mentioned the Education Bureau has released a notice to ask teaching staff and students to become familiar with the National Security Law.
As the government is promoting a universal COVID-19 testing scheme, Yeung has wrote on Facebook, hoping that "principals, teachers, students and parents can join the plan actively”.
Ip Kin-Yuen, lawmaker representing the functional constituency of education sector, stated it was not a problem if Yeung just advised, as long as “the test should not be mandatory, and teachers and students were not forced to be tested”. Ip urged the authorities to disclose relevant information and let teachers, students and parents decide for themselves.
Source: Stand News #Aug28
#Education #KelvinYeung #NationalEducation #NationalSecurityLaw #Covid19Testing #UniversalTesting #NationalIdentity
"Politically corrected" textbooks in the New Hong Kong Era
6 publishing companies amended their #LiberalStudies textbooks after "inquiring" the #EducationBureau for comments in August 2020. Journalists discovered that some contents are removed, including #June4th, #CulturalRevolution, #MongKokCivilUnrest, #LocalConsciousness and #HongKongIndependenceClaims.
In November 2020, then-Secretary of Education, Kevin Yeung, announced to reform the Senior Secondary Liberal Studies (LS) syllabus. Course content was re-organised, and some were removed in order to grow students’ national identity with a mainland visit opportunity.
Less than a year later, the new subject “Citizenship and Social Development” replaced LS in school curricula. However, its textbooks were only approved in June 2022. Journalists discovered that the new books did not only modify a few photos or comics, but completely overthrew statements made in past textbooks. Notable changes include stating that Hong Kong was “not a #colony”, and the #AntiELAB movement was “an illegal incident that is violent and endangers national security”.
In the new era of Hong Kong, are the textbooks becoming "politically correct"? InMedia found #LiberalStudies textbooks published between 2014 and 2020, and compared them to the new #CitizenshipandSocialDevelopment textbooks.
Under the new syllabus, concepts including "#CivilDisobedience", "Separation of Powers", "4 levels of the Rule of Law" and "Multiple identities" are removed. Topics that took their place are #NationalSecurity, #NationalIdentity, and #NationalAchievement. The topic of Rule of Law no longer covered #RestrictionofLaw, #HumanRightProtection without affecting others’ rights, social order and national security.
Additional materials are taken mainly from official government sources, such as Information Service Department and blogs of government officials. Students are no longer required to discuss topics with controversial views. They only need to answer questions such as “Why does the National People's Congress interpreting the law not affect judiciary independence?”
Source: InMedia #Sep04
https://bit.ly/3wUtMww
See also:
Hong Kong Schools Schedule National Security Education Activities, Mainland Exchange Tours
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/1006
#NationalSecurityLaw #NationalEducation #RewritingHistory
6 publishing companies amended their #LiberalStudies textbooks after "inquiring" the #EducationBureau for comments in August 2020. Journalists discovered that some contents are removed, including #June4th, #CulturalRevolution, #MongKokCivilUnrest, #LocalConsciousness and #HongKongIndependenceClaims.
In November 2020, then-Secretary of Education, Kevin Yeung, announced to reform the Senior Secondary Liberal Studies (LS) syllabus. Course content was re-organised, and some were removed in order to grow students’ national identity with a mainland visit opportunity.
Less than a year later, the new subject “Citizenship and Social Development” replaced LS in school curricula. However, its textbooks were only approved in June 2022. Journalists discovered that the new books did not only modify a few photos or comics, but completely overthrew statements made in past textbooks. Notable changes include stating that Hong Kong was “not a #colony”, and the #AntiELAB movement was “an illegal incident that is violent and endangers national security”.
In the new era of Hong Kong, are the textbooks becoming "politically correct"? InMedia found #LiberalStudies textbooks published between 2014 and 2020, and compared them to the new #CitizenshipandSocialDevelopment textbooks.
Under the new syllabus, concepts including "#CivilDisobedience", "Separation of Powers", "4 levels of the Rule of Law" and "Multiple identities" are removed. Topics that took their place are #NationalSecurity, #NationalIdentity, and #NationalAchievement. The topic of Rule of Law no longer covered #RestrictionofLaw, #HumanRightProtection without affecting others’ rights, social order and national security.
Additional materials are taken mainly from official government sources, such as Information Service Department and blogs of government officials. Students are no longer required to discuss topics with controversial views. They only need to answer questions such as “Why does the National People's Congress interpreting the law not affect judiciary independence?”
Source: InMedia #Sep04
https://bit.ly/3wUtMww
See also:
Hong Kong Schools Schedule National Security Education Activities, Mainland Exchange Tours
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/1006
#NationalSecurityLaw #NationalEducation #RewritingHistory