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Students at Hong Kong’s Education University will need to take compulsory national security classes, learn about mainland China

  • Education University is updating curriculum to follow guidelines from Education Bureau on teachers’ conduct
  • It will also introduce new national education courses for all undergraduates from 2025-26

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The Education University of Hong Kong is the city’s largest teacher training institution. Photo: Handout
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Students at Hong Kong’s largest teacher training institution will need to take mandatory national security classes and join immersion activities in mainland China following an update to government guidelines on educators’ conduct.

The Education University of Hong Kong will revise its curriculum for undergraduates taking education degrees to strengthen ethics knowledge for teachers in 2024-25. It will introduce new national education courses for all undergraduates in the following academic year.

“We will update the curriculum to be in line with the guidelines on teachers’ conduct according to the Education Bureau … as Hong Kong and the nation put an emphasis on national security,” university president John Lee Chi-kin told a press briefing.

The university offers bachelor’s degree courses in education, arts, science and social sciences. It had 5,528 undergraduates in 2022.

(From left) Graduate school dean Professor Michelle Gu Mingyue, Professor John Lee, Professor Gu Minkang and Professor May Cheng. Photo: Edmond So
(From left) Graduate school dean Professor Michelle Gu Mingyue, Professor John Lee, Professor Gu Minkang and Professor May Cheng. Photo: Edmond So

May Cheng May-hung, the university’s vice-president for academic affairs, said the curriculum revamp for education majors was based on eight principles listed by the bureau.

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