The Hong Kong government renamed the secondary school “General Studies” as “Civics”, which is said to strengthen national education.

The Hong Kong government plans to rename the current “General Studies” subject in local secondary schools as “Civic and Social Development”. This is widely seen as an attempt to strengthen “national Education“.

The Public Examinations Board of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority and the Curriculum Development Council announced on Wednesday the “optimization plan” for senior secondary subjects, including Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics and Liberal Studies. The renamed Civics and Social Development, which consists of the three core subjects of Hong Kong, China and Contemporary World, is a compulsory and mandatory subject.

Although the authorities emphasize that this is only an optimization of the relevant subjects, there is a public opinion that this subject change is related to the “anti-China” movement, in which the authorities feel that many students have shown their “anti-China” and even “Hong Kong independence” sentiments. The authorities feel that many students have shown “anti-China” and even “Hong Kong independence” sentiments in the campaign, so they decided to further strengthen the patriotic education of students.