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Written by: Hu Jiaxin
2021-02-04 21:13
The last update date: 2021-02-04 21:16
About half a year after the implementation of the "Minato National Security Law", the Education Bureau issued a notice to all schools in Hong Kong tonight, announcing the national security education curriculum framework, covering eight major areas, including the concept and significance of national security, criminal acts endangering national security, and national security. The relationship between security and human rights, freedom, and the rule of law, etc., will infiltrate different subjects such as general studies, Chinese history, general education, etc., and the objects will cover elementary and high schools.
According to the curriculum framework, in learning the concept of national security, elementary and primary school students must "know the people who protect us," such as the police and the People's Liberation Army. They must also "know" the origin of the One Country, Two Systems and the Basic Law, and the importance of the Hong Kong National Security Law to Hong Kong Etc., the names of the four criminal acts, etc.
The Education Bureau aims to fully implement administrative and educational measures from 2022/23.
About half a year after the implementation of the "Minato National Security Law", the Education Bureau issued a notice to all schools in Hong Kong this evening to announce the framework of the national security education curriculum.
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The Education Bureau announced the "Hong Kong National Security Education Curriculum Framework" in the evening, covering eight major areas including:
The concept and significance of national security
The Constitution, the Basic Law and national security, the purpose and principles of Hong Kong's national security legislation
Responsibilities and Institutional Setup of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Maintain National Security
The central government’s fundamental responsibility for maintaining national security
Priority areas of national security
The relationship between national security and human rights, freedom, and the rule of law
Elementary school students must know the four crime names, know the police, and the People’s Liberation Army as "the people who protect us"
The National Security Education Curriculum will not be an independent subject, and will be incorporated into different subjects such as general studies, Chinese history, general education, etc., and the objects cover elementary and high schools.
According to the curriculum framework, students in the first to third grades of elementary school must learn the concepts of national security, such as understanding national symbols, including the national flag, national emblem and national anthem, knowing how to sing the national anthem and observing the etiquette of raising the national flag and playing the national anthem, and "know the people who protect us" , Such as the police, medical care and the People’s Liberation Army.
Elementary and elementary school students also need to know the names of the four crimes regulated by the "Minato National Security Law", namely the crime of secession, subversion of state power, terrorist activity, and crime of colluding with foreign countries or endangering national security by foreign forces.
They must also learn the origin of "One Country, Two Systems" and the Basic Law, and the importance of the National Security Law to Hong Kong.
According to the guidance of the Education Bureau, junior primary schools need to learn national security education.
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Teach the importance of national security through the analogy of campus security
At the senior elementary level, according to the national security education curriculum framework for General Studies, students will learn the simple analogy of campus security, that is, to ensure campus security, to ensure the safety of teachers and students, to understand the importance of national security.
For example, campus security personnel and fences can prevent outsiders from entering the campus without authorization, and maintaining campus hygiene can protect the health of teachers and students, which brings out the relationship between national security and national interests.
In addition, the curriculum guidelines of the Education Bureau suggest that schools may also arrange learning activities outside the classroom to promote national security education.
For example, special seminars, visits to the Office of the Special Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, and arrangements for students to visit famous historical landmarks in the Greater Bay Area, etc. are held to strengthen students' understanding of the rule of law and national conditions, enhance national identity, and establish students' national concepts.
Although kindergartens are not covered by the National Security Education Curriculum Guidelines, the authorities mentioned in the "National Security: School Specific Measures" that it is suggested that kindergartens can help students learn about traditional festivals, music, Art, experience the traditional culture of one's own country, and gradually establish an identity as a Chinese as the foundation of national security education.
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