According to the Hong Kong National Security Education Curriculum Framework, elementary school students are required to learn the names of crimes such as secession and subversion, as well as to recognize “those who protect us,” including the police and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Hong Kong authorities stressed that national security education is definitely not a political propaganda campaign.
On February 4, the Hong Kong Education Bureau announced the “National Security Education Curriculum Framework”, which covers eight major areas of national security education. According to the framework, primary school students must know things that represent the country, such as pandas and the Great Wall, and know “the people who protect us,” including the police and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and also need to understand that the Central Government is responsible for Hong Kong’s defense and foreign affairs.
For crimes against national security, elementary school students need to know the names of the four major crimes of secession, subversion of state power, terrorist activities, and collusion with foreign countries or forces outside the country to endanger national security; middle school students need to understand the basic meaning of the four major crimes; and high school students need to understand the specific provisions of the four major crimes and recognize their importance to “maintaining national security. “The four major offenses are the following The maximum penalty for violating these four crimes is Life imprisonment.
The Hong Kong Education Bureau pointed out that schools should embed national security education in different subjects.
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