Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, August 19th. The Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government stated on the 19th that textbooks should not contain illegal content. With the promulgation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, textbooks should cover relevant content to guide students to correctly understand the laws and regulations. Teachers provide support.
Regarding a group accusing the Education Bureau of providing professional consulting services on high school general education textbooks as "unprofessional" and "political censorship", the Education Bureau stated that the remarks were not true, and they looked at the professional consulting services provided by the Education Bureau with colored glasses. Strongly condemn this.
A spokesman for the Education Bureau said that last year, social incidents continued to heat up, and textbooks with biased content frequently appeared. The public was worried that the content of the textbooks would mislead students who were immature, and even spread hatred and prejudice. Both the Education Bureau and publishing houses received many textbooks. Complaints. Therefore, the Education Bureau organizes a professional team to provide professional advice to many sets of high school general education "textbooks" circulating on the market through professional consulting services to improve the content of these textbooks.
The spokesman said that the implementation of the Liberal Studies Subject has always attracted attention from all walks of life. As the department responsible for education affairs in Hong Kong, the Education Bureau is naturally responsible when it discovers that there are problems in the implementation of general education courses in the industry. It must provide professional opinions and follow up related matters from the standpoint of safeguarding the well-being of students, so that the general education can return. Educational major.
The spokesperson reiterated that the Education Bureau will continue to communicate closely with all stakeholders, walk side by side, cooperate with the educational purpose, adhere to its mission, provide students with quality teaching materials, and strive to train the next generation to become knowledgeable and responsible citizens and citizens.