Hong Kong schools must infuse civic, moral values into all subjects under new framework to be revealed soon

  • Trial version of ‘Values Education Curriculum Framework’ to be disclosed soon after deliberations lasting more than a year
  • New framework will require all subjects, including languages and computing lessons, to be infused with nine moral and civic values, source says

National identity is among the values to be taught. Photo: Nora Tam

Hong Kong schools will need to infuse civic values including law-abidingness and national identity into all subjects under a new teaching framework to address a “passive and self-indulgent mindset” in some young people, the Post has learned.

A source on Monday revealed details of the new requirements after Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung wrote in his blog the previous day that a committee would soon announce a trial version of the “Values Education Curriculum Framework” after deliberations lasting more than a year.

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