Hong Kong to impose ‘national security’ schools curriculum
Hong Kong’s education bureau released the guidelines on Feb 2. The new national security education curriculum will force teachers to warn primary students as young as six years old against “subversion” and “foreign interference”.
The bureau advised teachers and principals to closely inspect noticeboards in classrooms and clear out library books that “endanger national security”. In addition to that, schools are also expected to set up a working group and submit proposals and reports to the bureau to implement the changes from August.
Teachers of geography and biology have to ensure national security topic included; for example, the bureau proposed Biology students to learn how the local and mainland Chinese government protected the country during the pandemic.
Source: FT #Feb02
https://www.ft.com/content/7a8e473d-86c1-4875-811b-575df79a502a
#HongKongNationalSecurityLaw #SecurityLawEducationCurriculum #HongKong
Hong Kong’s education bureau released the guidelines on Feb 2. The new national security education curriculum will force teachers to warn primary students as young as six years old against “subversion” and “foreign interference”.
The bureau advised teachers and principals to closely inspect noticeboards in classrooms and clear out library books that “endanger national security”. In addition to that, schools are also expected to set up a working group and submit proposals and reports to the bureau to implement the changes from August.
Teachers of geography and biology have to ensure national security topic included; for example, the bureau proposed Biology students to learn how the local and mainland Chinese government protected the country during the pandemic.
Source: FT #Feb02
https://www.ft.com/content/7a8e473d-86c1-4875-811b-575df79a502a
#HongKongNationalSecurityLaw #SecurityLawEducationCurriculum #HongKong