Exclusive | Hong Kong’s largest international school group reviewing curriculum to ‘make sure everybody is safe’ after national security law’s passage
- English Schools Foundation head acknowledges schools operate ‘within the law of the land’, but maintains students will still be encouraged to think critically
- ‘At this point in time’ curriculum will continue as is, she adds
The law, which came into effect on June 30 and carries a penalty of up to life imprisonment, targets acts of secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces. The government is also required to promote national security education in schools, which have been told to remove from libraries books that may be in breach of the law.
An Education Bureau spokeswoman did not comment on whether changes would have to be made at international schools, but said guidelines would soon be issued to schools on how they might review their curriculum and teaching under the new law.
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What you should know about China's new national security law for Hong Kong
The bureau earlier issued guidelines to all schools after the national anthem law took effect on June 12, advising them to call police if there were serious and deliberate cases of students or teachers disrespecting March of the Volunteers.