#Education #WhiteWash #Curriculum #LiberalStudies
Hong Kong Gov't Imposes Heavy Censorships in Latest Revision of Liberal Studies Textbooks
The Education Bureau recently listed and published the changes in the latest revisions of Liberal Studies textbooks.
The section entitled “Present day Hong Kong” has been significantly changed. Apple Daily found out that most of the content related to human rights and social movements have been removed.
A comic strip in the original edition mentioned that the Causeway Bay Bookstore shareholder Paul Lee was kidnapped. However, in the revised version, that part was changed to a quote by the police saying that Lee “volunteered to go to mainland China”.
Overseas social movements such as the Catalan Independence Movement, the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, have all been removed. Some teachers challenged the revision, claiming that the edits were made in an attempt to evade controversial topics.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug18
#Censorship #Brainwash #CCP #FailedState
Hong Kong Gov't Imposes Heavy Censorships in Latest Revision of Liberal Studies Textbooks
The Education Bureau recently listed and published the changes in the latest revisions of Liberal Studies textbooks.
The section entitled “Present day Hong Kong” has been significantly changed. Apple Daily found out that most of the content related to human rights and social movements have been removed.
A comic strip in the original edition mentioned that the Causeway Bay Bookstore shareholder Paul Lee was kidnapped. However, in the revised version, that part was changed to a quote by the police saying that Lee “volunteered to go to mainland China”.
Overseas social movements such as the Catalan Independence Movement, the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, have all been removed. Some teachers challenged the revision, claiming that the edits were made in an attempt to evade controversial topics.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug18
#Censorship #Brainwash #CCP #FailedState
#Education #FailedState
HK Governmentd Makes #LiberalStudies a Scapegoat for Social Discontent
Hong Kong's Education Bureau (#HKEB) announced on Nov 26, 2020 their plans to reform Liberal Studies, including changing the grading to a pass/fail system, and requiring student to join a study tour to China.
Former lawmaker of the education sector Ip Kin-yuen criticized the proposed curriculum reform for covering up government failures in handling the social discontent about the extradition bill and shifting blame onto Liberal Studies for making students "radical".
He added that the proposed change is apparently putting political consideration above educational professionalism, with a goal to weaken students' critical thinking by inserting politically correct elements.
Ip pointed out that the government also ignores the review report published by the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum in September 2020.
The Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said that the unit "Hong Kong Today" in Liberal Studies is not for news discussion; whereas Ip stressed that Liberal Studies teaches news-relevant topics including personal development, society and globalization.
"There is no reason to ban the discussions of current affairs," Ip said. He described the government's plan as an act of setting up new limitations for education, and slammed the exclusion of news discussions.
Source: Stand News #Nov26
#IpKinYuen #YeungYunHung #HongKongToday #Curriculum #EducationBureau #Censorship #Brainwashing
HK Governmentd Makes #LiberalStudies a Scapegoat for Social Discontent
Hong Kong's Education Bureau (#HKEB) announced on Nov 26, 2020 their plans to reform Liberal Studies, including changing the grading to a pass/fail system, and requiring student to join a study tour to China.
Former lawmaker of the education sector Ip Kin-yuen criticized the proposed curriculum reform for covering up government failures in handling the social discontent about the extradition bill and shifting blame onto Liberal Studies for making students "radical".
He added that the proposed change is apparently putting political consideration above educational professionalism, with a goal to weaken students' critical thinking by inserting politically correct elements.
Ip pointed out that the government also ignores the review report published by the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum in September 2020.
The Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said that the unit "Hong Kong Today" in Liberal Studies is not for news discussion; whereas Ip stressed that Liberal Studies teaches news-relevant topics including personal development, society and globalization.
"There is no reason to ban the discussions of current affairs," Ip said. He described the government's plan as an act of setting up new limitations for education, and slammed the exclusion of news discussions.
Source: Stand News #Nov26
#IpKinYuen #YeungYunHung #HongKongToday #Curriculum #EducationBureau #Censorship #Brainwashing
#Education #Brainwashing
HK Government Imposes New Controls in Schools to Stifle Freedom, Forcing Grade School Kids to Learn #NationalSecurityLaw
On February 4, 2021, the Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung in Hong Kong announced new controls in a document, “National Security: Specific Measures for Schools”.
The document sets out actions to be taken by school administrations, and exhorted principals and teachers to play their part in safeguarding national security and keep a tight rein on any signs of a breach.
Pupils from as young as six years old must learn how to 'defend national security', while older students must know specifically what acts constitute breaches of the law.
This new set of control framework applies to most subjects, including music and biology, which have no obvious connection to national security.
Schools are advised to form a working group to take charge of planning and carrying out the bureau’s measures, the document says.
They are required to review the current situation and send a report to the bureau by August 2021 and from the 2022-23 school year, schools would be thoroughly executing administrative and teaching measures related to national security education.
The young students will have to learn about the four major offences under the national security law – secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with a foreign power. They will also be taught about the origins of the Basic Law and the One Country, Two Systems principle.
Secondary school students would be taught about specific 'crimes' under the security law; the 'opportunities and challenges' that China faces in the international arena; Hong Kong's 'constitutional duty' to enact Article 23 legislation; and that 'the national security law does not affect rights and freedoms enjoyed by the people of Hong Kong'.
Students would learn about these issues in a variety of subject classes, including Chinese, General Studies, and even seemingly unrelated subjects like music, biology and economics.
Ip Kin-yuen, former legislator and vice president of Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union, accused the government officials of implementing the new policy without consulting teachers. He opined that the new rules will instill a sense of fear on campus, because it is difficult to define what can be taught and what cannot.
Source: Apple Daily; RTHK #Feb5
https://bit.ly/39JQOLf
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1574144-20210204.htm
#Censorship #WhiteTerror #Fear #School #Curriculum
HK Government Imposes New Controls in Schools to Stifle Freedom, Forcing Grade School Kids to Learn #NationalSecurityLaw
On February 4, 2021, the Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung in Hong Kong announced new controls in a document, “National Security: Specific Measures for Schools”.
The document sets out actions to be taken by school administrations, and exhorted principals and teachers to play their part in safeguarding national security and keep a tight rein on any signs of a breach.
Pupils from as young as six years old must learn how to 'defend national security', while older students must know specifically what acts constitute breaches of the law.
This new set of control framework applies to most subjects, including music and biology, which have no obvious connection to national security.
Schools are advised to form a working group to take charge of planning and carrying out the bureau’s measures, the document says.
They are required to review the current situation and send a report to the bureau by August 2021 and from the 2022-23 school year, schools would be thoroughly executing administrative and teaching measures related to national security education.
The young students will have to learn about the four major offences under the national security law – secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with a foreign power. They will also be taught about the origins of the Basic Law and the One Country, Two Systems principle.
Secondary school students would be taught about specific 'crimes' under the security law; the 'opportunities and challenges' that China faces in the international arena; Hong Kong's 'constitutional duty' to enact Article 23 legislation; and that 'the national security law does not affect rights and freedoms enjoyed by the people of Hong Kong'.
Students would learn about these issues in a variety of subject classes, including Chinese, General Studies, and even seemingly unrelated subjects like music, biology and economics.
Ip Kin-yuen, former legislator and vice president of Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union, accused the government officials of implementing the new policy without consulting teachers. He opined that the new rules will instill a sense of fear on campus, because it is difficult to define what can be taught and what cannot.
Source: Apple Daily; RTHK #Feb5
https://bit.ly/39JQOLf
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1574144-20210204.htm
#Censorship #WhiteTerror #Fear #School #Curriculum
#Brainwash
University in Hong Kong Cites Ongoing Court Cases as Examples of #NationalSecurity Violation, President Calls it 'Academic Freedom'
Recently, Stand News obtained the #NationalSecurityLaw (#NSL) teaching material used in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU). The University cited the cases of pro-democracg activist Tong Ying-kit, the LegCo Primary election and the Student Affairs Committee of the HKU Student Union as examples of "secession, subversion and terrorism".
Tong’s case is still undergoing review, while the LegCo primary election case involving the 47 democrats is pending for trial.
At the University’s 85th Inauguration Ceremony, its president #TengJinGuang was asked to comment on the appropriateness of quoting two ongoing court cases as examples in NSL teaching material.
Reporters asked whether it reflected the University’s stance considering these cases without merits. The University was also asked to confirm whether the National Security Department or any government authorities has been consulted during the development of these materials.
In a dilemma, Teng claimed that development of relevant curriculum has undergone "multiple consultations".
Teng said that he trusted the development team’s experience and expertise, claiming that is “academic freedom”.
Teng refused to comment on citing ongoing court cases in teaching material as he stressed that “we were not involved in such detailed discussion.”
The President also avoided the question on the composition of the curriculum development team.
A reporter challenged whether the University would request amendment for erroneous materials. Teng bluffed the question aside, claiming that the responsible staff have always listened to different opinions.
Source: Stand News; #Nov25
https://bit.ly/3phtivV
#University #Education #Curriculum
University in Hong Kong Cites Ongoing Court Cases as Examples of #NationalSecurity Violation, President Calls it 'Academic Freedom'
Recently, Stand News obtained the #NationalSecurityLaw (#NSL) teaching material used in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU). The University cited the cases of pro-democracg activist Tong Ying-kit, the LegCo Primary election and the Student Affairs Committee of the HKU Student Union as examples of "secession, subversion and terrorism".
Tong’s case is still undergoing review, while the LegCo primary election case involving the 47 democrats is pending for trial.
At the University’s 85th Inauguration Ceremony, its president #TengJinGuang was asked to comment on the appropriateness of quoting two ongoing court cases as examples in NSL teaching material.
Reporters asked whether it reflected the University’s stance considering these cases without merits. The University was also asked to confirm whether the National Security Department or any government authorities has been consulted during the development of these materials.
In a dilemma, Teng claimed that development of relevant curriculum has undergone "multiple consultations".
Teng said that he trusted the development team’s experience and expertise, claiming that is “academic freedom”.
Teng refused to comment on citing ongoing court cases in teaching material as he stressed that “we were not involved in such detailed discussion.”
The President also avoided the question on the composition of the curriculum development team.
A reporter challenged whether the University would request amendment for erroneous materials. Teng bluffed the question aside, claiming that the responsible staff have always listened to different opinions.
Source: Stand News; #Nov25
https://bit.ly/3phtivV
#University #Education #Curriculum