The Hong Kong Education Bureau announced the framework of the Humanities Department of Elementary School. 70 % of the content includes national education and national security education.
Comprehensive Hong Kong News Agency and Ming Pao reported that from the 2025 to 2026 school year, Hong Kong Elementary School Common Scholar Sciences will gradually split into humanities and sciences, and will be trial from the next school year.The Hong Kong Education Bureau announced on Thursday (November 23) announced the framework of the humanities department.
There are six areas under the humanistic subjects of primary schools, which are subdivided into 48 learning themes, of which 35 themes include the learning elements of national education/national security education or common sense national security education curriculum, accounting for the overall curriculum72.9%, all over the small one to the small and sixth level.
Six areas of elementary school humanities, including health and life, environment and life, wealth management and economy, society and citizens, the country and me, and the world and me.
Among them, the national and my category, learning focuses on the importance of national security, the relationship between the central government and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and will also know the national flag, national emblem, national anthem, etc.Students can understand the history of the country and the development of Chinese culture, increase national identity, learn and inherit the responsibilities of Chinese culture, and use courses to identify with national identity and contributing the country.
For example, the second -year elementary school students must know the origin of the Chinese nation, including ancient legends and Dayu governing water. Primary three students have to initially understand the importance of the Hong Kong National Security Law and its importance to Hong Kong;Xuanzang took the history of Chinese history such as the Western Classic and Yue Fei Jianzhong; the young six students should learn the history of the Opium War, the Revolution of 1911, the Anti -Japanese War, and the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
The Hong Kong Education Bureau said that most of the content of the elementary school humanities department is based on existing primary school common sense courses, mainly to strengthen national education, continuously promote the education of values, and focus on the development of students' learning as the center.And moisturizing.
The Education Bureau recommends that the school can try the new courses in the 2024/25 school year according to the school conditions and preparations.The 2027/28 academic year was fully implemented in all grades of elementary school.