Hong Kong pupils will start learning about the city’s national security law from the age of eight or nine

The aim is to “systematically cultivate students’ sense of belonging to our country, national sentiments and sense of national identity from an early age…” the Education Bureau said of changes to the curriculum for primary schoolchildren.

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The aim is to “systematically cultivate students’ sense of belonging to our country, national sentiments and sense of national identity from an early age…” the Education Bureau said of changes to the curriculum for primary schoolchildren.

Hong Kong schoolchildren will start learning about the national security law from the age of eight or nine, the Education Bureau has announced as it unveiled a new humanities curriculum to be tested out in the next school year.

The new subject, which will replace the current General Studies, would require primary three pupils to have a basic knowledge of the Beijing-enacted security legislation, the Hong Kong People’s Liberation Army garrison and national defence, the bureau announced on Thursday, local media reported.

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Hong Kong pupils to start learning about city’s national security law from age of 8 or 9

 

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