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Following is a question by the Hon Chu Lapwai and a written reply by the Secretary for Education Dr Choi Yuklin in the Legislative Council today February 25
Question
In the light of public concerns about patriotic education last year the Education Bureau EDB announced one after another the optimised senior secondary Chinese History and History Curriculum Frameworks the updates to the Curriculum Framework of National Security Education in Hong Kong and the Curriculum Framework of National Security Education in the Citizenship and Social Development as well as the implementation of the Primary Humanities starting from the 202526 school year with enrichment in the elements of Chinese culture national history and national geography In this connection will the Government inform this Council
1 to implement the aforesaid initiatives of the total number of training sessions the EDB has conducted for the relevant teachers so far and the number of participants and total training hours involved how the authorities will evaluate the effectiveness of such training and whether the authorities have formulated further plans to enhance the relevant teacher training if so of the details if not the reasons for that
2 regarding the selection of teachers to teach the aforesaid subjects whether the authorities have provided or have plans to provide guidance for schools to ensure that the relevant teachers are virtuous and able possessing both professional knowledge and patriotism thereby preventing the curriculum from deviating from its original intent if they have provided or have plans to provide such guidance of the details if not the reasons for that
3 whether it will consider requiring teachers to undergo relevant training and pass an assessment before being permitted to teach subjects related to national education and national security education if so of the details if not the reasons for that and
4 how it evaluates the effectiveness of implementing national education and national security education in schools to promote patriotic education and whether it has conducted or has plans to conduct relevant inspections to ensure that schools achieve the objectives of patriotic education in terms of supervision and management curriculum content and teaching methods if it has conducted or has plans to conduct inspections of the details if not the reasons for that
Reply
President
The EDB has been adopting a multipronged and coordinated approach to promote patriotic education in recent years This includes continuously optimising the curriculum developing learning and teaching resources providing teacher training and organising a wide range of engaging lifewide learning activities for students for supporting schools in a comprehensive allround interdisciplinary and crosskey stage manner to integrate patriotic education into daily learning and teaching It aligns with the Patriotic Education Law of the Peoples Republic of China clearly addressing the concerns about patriotic education in society as well as enabling students to inherit the national spirit and strengthen their sense of nationhood
Continuously optimising the curriculum to enable students to gain a richer and more comprehensive understanding of various aspects of our countrys development such as history culture economy technology and political system as well as national conditions national geography the Constitution the Basic Law and national security constitutes a key strategy for schools in promoting patriotic education Therefore the EDB announced the updated Curriculum Framework of National Security Education in Hong Kong Curriculum Framework and the national security education curriculum frameworks for 27 subjects last year began to implement Primary Humanities and announced the optimised curriculum frameworks for senior secondary Chinese History and History enriching the curriculum with elements related to patriotic education such as Chinese culture national history and national geography This enables students to acquire knowledge of our country and foster their emotional identification and connection with our country nurturing them to become good citizens of our country with a strong sense of nationhood from an early age
The consolidated reply to the question raised by the Hon Chu Lapwai is as follows
To promote patriotic education teachers professional competence is of paramount importance As always schools would arrange teachers to teach different subjects based on their abilities expertise experiences and qualifications At the same time aligning with curriculum optimisation the EDB continues to provide inservice professional training for teachers to enhance their professional capacity and facilitate curriculum implementation in schools
Provide professional training to tie in with national security education
To tie in with the announcement of the updated Curriculum Framework and the 27 curriculum frameworks of National Security Education for subjects covering eight Key Learning Areas KLAs and the subject of Citizenship and Social Development in 2025 the EDB arranged 12 briefing sessions from June 2025 to January 2026 to share with stakeholders including representatives of school sponsoring bodies school supervisors principals and teachers on the major updates and highlights of the Curriculum Framework and elucidate how the elements of national security education and patriotic education can be incorporated into various KLAs In addition in the 202526 school year the EDB provides no less than 1 000 training places on national security education for teachers From September to December 2025 nearly 160 training activities related to national and national security education were organised across various KLAs and subjects through delivery modes including facetoface and online courses study visits experience sharing sessions and learning circles with over 15 600 attendances These aim to e
