On November 26, the Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Yang Runxiong, stated at the press conference in the policy address that day, according to the curriculum objectives and goals of the Liberal Studies course, curriculum content will be added or deleted, the foundation of knowledge will be consolidated, teaching materials and examination arrangements will be optimized. It will be prefixed with the new subject name.
Keep subjects compulsory and compulsory exams, and only pass and fail public exams, hoping to relieve the pressure of exams.
He said that the subject will name some important learning concepts, strengthen the connotation of knowledge, and establish a solid knowledge base.
Some course content will be reorganized and deleted, including class hours, which will be about half of the original content, and there will be no more independent topic research.
He pointed out that the course will focus on cultivating students' positive values, positive attitudes and national identity, learning national development, constitution and basic law education, including the rule of law.
In addition, the course will also provide opportunities for investigations in the Mainland, so that students can personally understand the national conditions and national development.
Finally, a list of applicable books will be set up for this subject, that is, there are approved textbooks.
Reporter Fan Siyi from Hong Kong
Editor in charge: [Zhang Yifan]