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In response to media enquiries about safeguarding national security an Education Bureau EDB spokesman made the following response today June 24
Safeguarding national security is the Governments responsibility as well as the obligation of the whole community of Hong Kong It is also part and parcel of the routine school work in promoting national security education With the implementation of the National Security Law for five years Hong Kong has transited from chaos to stability and from stability to prosperity The EDB has adopted a multipronged and coordinated approach including activities inside and outside the classroom to strengthen students understanding of Chinese culture the Constitution and the Basic Law and their awareness of lawabiding in promoting patriotic education
The EDB has issued detailed administrative and educational guidelines to schools requiring them to establish schoolbased mechanisms and formulate appropriate measures according to their own circumstances and needs to implement various tasks related to safeguarding national security and national security education The EDB also provided schools with an updated National Security School Selfevaluation Checklist in April this year and provided suggestions of refinement and good practices of different areas of work covering national security work planning monitoring mechanisms learning and teaching and related resources school activities personnel management and training and homeschool cooperation in order to effectively prevent and suppress acts and activities that endanger or are detrimental to national security Schools have the responsibility to play a good gatekeeper role and to enhance the sensitivity of teachers and students to national security
Schools offering nonlocal curricula also have the responsibility to help their students regardless of their ethnicity and nationality acquire a correct and objective understanding and appreciation of the concept of national security and the National Security Law as well as the duty to cultivate a lawabiding spirit among their students These schools should devise and continuously review relevant strategies and measures in light of their schoolbased circumstances and needs with a view to maintaining a safe and orderly learning environment and promoting students effective learning and healthy development
The EDB will continue to monitor and support schools in implementing the relevant work through various channels such as daily communication with schools The EDB will also advance towards more indepth and effective implementation of work to safeguard national security and continue to work hand in hand with different stakeholders to help schools build a protective barrier to safeguard the wellbeing of students
