- Chairman of university council says centre has been set up as an important platform to proactively promote national education
- Centre, led by academic Gu Minkang, will be responsible for coming up with a compulsory national security and legal education curriculum for undergraduates
Hong Kong’s largest teacher training institution has set up the city’s first academic centre dedicated to national security, aiming to ensure students have a strong grasp of the law and related issues.
The Education University of Hong Kong launched its National Security and Legal Education Research Centre on Tuesday. David Wong Yau-kar, chairman of the university’s council, said the centre would be dedicated to imbuing the correct concept of the nation in students.
“[We] have set up this centre as an important platform to proactively promote national education and relevant legal education, imbuing a correct perspective of the nation and the rule of law among our students for them to contribute to the development of Hong Kong and the country,” Wong said at the launch ceremony.
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