The Secretary for Education, Yang Runxiong, accepted an interview with "Hong Kong 01". He described the anti-regulation turmoil as the biggest challenge he has encountered in the four years since he took office. About four of the arrested persons are students. Improvement, "The reason is that everything is good, and it does reflect that there is something in education that should be improved... Maybe there are times when the focus is too much on performance, and there are basic training to ignore it."
Yang Runxiong said, the Education Bureau has been active. Strengthen teacher training, remind schools to do a good job of training and assistance, and enhance national education, value education and awareness of law-abiding.
As for how to assist students who have been sentenced in anti-regulation incidents?
He said that if students are willing, they can return to their original school in principle after being released from prison. The Education Bureau has invited schools to share training and assistance and the experience of correcting students who have participated in illegal activities. correct".
He reiterated that schools should avoid political infiltration into the campus and aim to cultivate the next generation who are law-abiding, national-minded and willing to contribute. However, "education needs time to slowly settle and make improvements." In the past, education may not be very good, and there may be shortcomings gradually corrected."
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The Director of the Education Bureau Yang Runxiong said that the Education Bureau has actively strengthened teacher training, reminding schools to do a good job of training and assistance, and enhance national education, value education, etc. (Photo by Li Zetong)
Forty percent of the arrested are students who need to examine the lack of education
Of the 10,000 persons arrested during the anti-revision period, about four of them were students. Some even regarded the education sector as a "source of unrest" and demanded rectification.
Yang Runxiong described that the anti-regulation turmoil was his biggest choice during his tenure. In 2019, school started to strike and pull people outside the school. It was only after the legislation of the Hong Kong National Security Law that the school regained its hard-won peaceful environment.
However, he believes that there are many reasons behind the "turmoil" caused by the anti-amendment legislation. There are also different opinions from all walks of life. It is only that 40% of the arrested persons are students, and the proportion is relatively high. The education sector must review the lack of review and make improvements.
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There are many young students who may be involved in criminal acts and be arrested. Do they reflect that there is a need for improvement in education?
We are all useful. This is an entry point for co-workers and reflection. In the past, education has not done well in some areas. How many students will participate in illegal activities?
Is it that the national identity is not cultivated enough so that students have no spirit or concept of the rule of law?
Director of Education Bureau Yang Runxiong
For example, he pointed out that it may have been too much emphasis on grades in the past and neglected to cultivate students’ law-abiding spirit. There is a certain amount of time in the past, and for various reasons, the performance is not very good. There may be too much emphasis on performance, and some basic training ignores it."
In principle, students sentenced to prison can return to their original school after being released from prison
Yang Runxiong reiterated that teachers should not bring politics into the campus, and they must also teach professionally. So far, three teachers have been deregistered in the incident involving anti-revision laws.
The Education Bureau has reiterated the professional standards for teachers, the Constitution, the Basic Law and the National Security Education in the core teacher training in September last year.
After the anti-revision law turmoil, the Education Bureau strengthened its training and assistance and visited the middle school.
Yang Runxiong said that, in principle, students can return to their original school after being released from prison, but it depends on their personal wishes and whereabouts. The Education Bureau also invites schools to share how to train students who have participated in violations. It is hoped that teachers can exchange ideas on how to correct students. , Let them understand that "the mistakes are saved on the sidelines, and they will be corrected in the future."
The Secretary for Education, Yang Runxiong, said that in the future, the goal is to cultivate the next generation who are law-abiding, national-minded and willing to contribute. However, it takes time to educate people and hope that society will wait.
(Photo by Li Zetong)
In the new school year, we will promote national education to organize national security education workshops in schools
The Education Bureau is pushing for national education in the new school year. Yang Runxiong said that due to background and historical factors, Hong Kong's practices may be different from those in the Mainland, but there is no difference in the goal and purpose of cultivating national identity.
In the "National Security Education Workshop for Teachers to Schools" organized by the Education Bureau in the next two academic years, more than 90% of school applications have been received within two weeks.
As for universities, Yang Runxiong said that he has met with eight funded universities and private universities to ensure that the universities are aware of the government's requirements for national security education.
Yang Runxiong said that in the future, the goal is to cultivate the next generation who are law-abiding, national-minded and willing to contribute. However, it takes time to educate people and hope that the society will wait. "Education needs time to slowly settle and make improvements. The tight road, through the efforts of the co-workers, will gradually correct the areas that may not have been good and may be missing in the past education."
The Liberal Studies subject, which was rated as "bad" by the official media in the Mainland, will be replaced by the "Civilization and Social Development" subject from the fourth grade in the new school year.
Yang Runxiong said that the Education Bureau will conduct inspections and visits to schools to ensure the smooth implementation of the new subject.
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