Liberal Studies｜Minyan: More than six adults oppose the cutting of political issues, three adults agree to have problems on the first day

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Written by: Lin Jian

2021-04-01 12:55

Last update date: 2021-04-01 12:56

In the new school year, the content of the Liberal Studies subject of senior high schools has been greatly changed and will be renamed "Civilization and Social Development". The new curriculum focuses on the three themes of Hong Kong, the country and the contemporary world. The overall curriculum content is cut by half, and the compulsory exams are maintained. There are only two levels of "achievement" and "non-compliance", but there is no school-based assessment (independent subject investigation), and students will be provided with the opportunity to study in the Mainland.

The Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion today (April 1) released the survey results of the "We Hong Kong People Project" on the revision of the Liberal Studies curriculum, showing that more than 60% of the interviewees objected to the deletion of some livelihood and socio-political issues in the new subject ; As for the statement that "Liberal Studies has had problems since the first day," 45% of the respondents agreed, and 33% agreed.

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The survey results are polarized according to political stance

The total sample number of the survey was 4,982, and it was conducted from March 26 to March 30.

Regarding the "reorganization and reduction of the content of the course to half of the original", 54% of the respondents expressed "a few objections" or "good opposition", and 30% said "good support" or "a few support".

Regarding the "deletion of some issues concerning people's livelihood and social and political participation," 62% of the people said they were "somewhat opposed" or "good opposed," and 22% said "good support" or "somewhat supported".

Regarding the "increasing a lot of content related to national identity," 48% of people said they were "somewhat opposed" or "good opposed," and 35% of them said "good support" or "some support".

Education Director Yang Runxiong.

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The survey also asked whether the interviewees agreed with the statement that “the Liberal Studies has had problems since the first day.” 33% of the people said “somewhat agree” or “good agreement”, and 45% said “some disagree” or “ I really disagree." 18% said "half and a half."

However, the survey also found that the data is divided according to political stance, which is very polarized.

Among the supporters of the democrats, 62.9% disagreed with the statement that "the Liberal Studies has had problems since the first day", and only 13.8% agreed; supporters of the non-democrats (including the establishment/centrist/no political inclination) (/Political neutral/Does not belong to any faction) 44.8% agree with this statement, and 34.1% disagree.

The new name of the Liberal Studies subject is finalized as the "Civil and Social Development Subject". It is proposed to be implemented in the fourth grade in September this year.

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