Following is a question by the Hon Andrew Fan and a written reply by the Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, in the Legislative Council today (April 1):

Question:

     In recent years, the Government has promoted national education and national security education (NSE) continuously, and the Education Bureau has launched the National Education One-Stop Portal website to provide relevant teaching resources. However, some teachers have expressed the hope that the authorities can provide precise and timely teaching resources and sample teaching materials for teachers' reference, so that they can more accurately convey the content of national education and NSE to students in class. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(1) of the respective numbers of teaching materials, teaching resources, and suggested activities relating to national education and NSE currently provided by the Education Bureau on the National Education One-Stop Portal and other relevant platforms; whether these resources cover the curricula and needs of primary and secondary schools at all grade levels; and the number of downloads of relevant teaching resources from the National Education One-Stop Portal over the past three years;

(2) whether the authorities have regularly collected information on (i) how the education sector makes use of the national education and NSE resources provided by the authorities, and (ii) feedback and views from teachers and students on the relevant teaching materials and teaching activities; if so, of the details and the content of such feedback; if not, whether they will conduct relevant opinion surveys;

(3) of the existing mechanism put in place by the authorities to regularly review and update the teaching materials and suggested activities on national education and NSE, so as to facilitate teachers in applying these materials in class in a timely manner; it is learnt that the authorities will develop thematic teaching materials on the National 15th Five-Year Plan and other latest developments; whether there are plans to organise teacher training to assist teachers in applying these materials in class; if so, of the details and timetable; and

(4) whether the Government will consider entrusting the Working Group on Patriotic Education to take up dedicated coordination work, with a view to developing more precise sample teaching materials on national education and NSE tailored to the characteristics of students at different age groups for use by the education sector, thereby enhancing the precision, systematic structure and emotional impact of the teaching materials?

Reply:

President,

     The Education Bureau (EDB) attaches great importance to the implementation of national education and national security education, and continues to adopt diversified and specific measures, including providing curriculum guides, developing learning and teaching resources, offering training for teachers, and organising life-wide learning activities for students, to fully support schools in planning and implementing national education and national security education in a systematic manner and nurturing students into talent with an affection for our country and Hong Kong, global perspectives and readiness to shoulder great responsibilities through the approaches of "organic integration", "natural connection", "diversified strategies", "mutual coordination", "learning within and beyond the classroom", and "whole-school participation". The progress and outcomes achieved in this regard are widely recognised. 

     The consolidated reply to the question raised by the Hon Andrew Fan is as follows:

(1) to (4) Continued provision of quality learning and teaching resources on national education and national security education

     The EDB continues to provide primary and secondary schools with learning and teaching resources relating to national education and national security education which cater for the learning and teaching needs at different year levels. These resources help students understand properly the constitutional relationship between our country and Hong Kong, as well as enhance their knowledge of national affairs and the importance of national security to our country and Hong Kong. Examples of learning and teaching resources for different learning stages at the primary and secondary levels uploaded to the EDB website include:

• updated Curriculum Framework of National Security Education in Hong Kong
• national security education curriculum frameworks for 27 subjects
• National Security Education Online Learning Platform
• sample lesson plan design for national security education
• Constitution and Basic Law Online Course for Secondary School Students' Self-directed Learning
• teaching resources on the Constitution of the People's Republic of China
• video on the origin and development of the Belt and Road Initiative
• card games on National History and Chinese Culture and National Geography
• learning and teaching resources on the 60th Anniversary of Dongjiang Water Supply to Hong Kong - "Sense of Gratitude for the Source"
• learning and teaching resources on Chinese Classic Sayings

     In addition, the EDB continues to optimise and enrich the web-based resource platform National Education One-stop Portal (the platform), which covers themes in relation to the Constitution, the Basic Law and national security education, national symbols and signs (including the national flag, the national emblem and the national anthem), Chinese history and culture, and museum learning, to facilitate reference and learning by teachers and students. The platform also provides examples of learning activities and learning and teaching resources relating to the key dates, including speaking points, presentation slides, short videos, e-books and so on, in tandem with the recommendations set out in "National Education - Event Planning Calendar" to support primary and secondary schools in planning holistically school-based national education and national security education learning activities.  From the 2022/23 to 2025/26 school years (as at mid-March 2026), the platform recorded 2.47 million hits.  

     The EDB has in recent years distributed to schools a number of quality books on national education and national security education for teachers' reference and as supplementary learning and teaching materials, including the picture book "Our Country, Our Security", 《香港特別行政區維護國家安全法讀本》 (Chinese version only), the "National Security Education" book series (a total of four books for Primary 1 to 3, Primary 4 to 6, Secondary 1 to 3, and Secondary 4 to 6 respectively), and "Chronicle of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Brigade (Revised Edition)".

Provision of teacher professional development programmes and development of learning and teaching resources to align with the latest national development

     The existing curricula of Primary Humanities, Citizenship, Economics and Society at the junior secondary level, as well as Citizenship and Social Development (CS) cover learning contents related to the latest development of our country and Hong Kong's integration into the overall national development. To enable students to understand, at an early stage, the main directions of our country's development over the next five years and how Hong Kong can better integrate into and serve the overall national development, the EDB has produced presentation slides on the "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" for CS for enrichment of learning and teaching contents. The EDB will update the presentation slides following the National People's Congress' approval of the "Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China" (the 15th Five-Year Plan), and develop learning and teaching resources for related subjects to be uploaded to the EDB website for teachers' reference and use with a view to facilitating students' learning of the main spirit and key contents of the 15th Five-Year Plan. Furthermore, the EDB will organise knowledge enrichment seminars and online courses for teachers to deepen their understanding of the previous national Five-Year Plans and the 15th Five-Year Plan. Teacher learning circles and workshops will also be launched to support teachers in designing and optimising learning and teaching strategies as well as resources with the aim of enhancing students' understanding of the contents of the 15th Five-Year Plan through sharing of learning and teaching experiences among schools.

     The State Council released the white paper titled "Hong Kong: Safeguarding China's National Security Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems" (the white paper) in February this year. The EDB has consolidated related materials and developed learning and teaching resources on the key contents of the white paper, and issued a circular memorandum to schools in March this year to provide timely and appropriate learning and teaching resources for schools and teachers. Teachers are also supported in using these resources through related teacher professional development programmes. In addition, the EDB has made good use of key dates such as the National Security Education Day, the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the War of Resistance, and the 15th National Games to develop various learning and teaching resources and organise diversified activities, thereby cultivating students' sense of national identity, sense of belonging and responsibility to our country, and patriotic spirit.

Continued collection of stakeholders' views to optimise support for learning and teaching

     The EDB has been seeking to understand and monitor the quality of learning and teaching in schools as well as collect their views on learning and teaching resources through various channels such as inspections, school visits, curriculum implementation surveys, school surveys, daily communications with schools and meetings of the Curriculum Development Council and its Committees, which serve as a source of reference in continuously optimising support for learning and teaching.

     Overall speaking, teachers in general are able to make good use of the learning and teaching resources on national education and national security education provided by the EDB, and to appropriately adapt and select the resources having regard to the curriculum aims, students' learning needs and progress as well as other school-based contexts for enhancing learning effectiveness. The EDB regularly reviews and updates learning and teaching resources to cater for students' needs and align with national and social development to keep up with the times. We also optimise the contents of the resources and recommendations on related activities in a timely manner through collecting schools' feedback, making reference to the latest trends in curriculum development and so on to support schools in promoting national education and national security education.

Continued follow-up on the recommendations of the Working Group on Patriotic Education to optimise learning and teaching resources

     The EDB will continue to report the development of learning and teaching resources on national education and national security education to the Working Group on Patriotic Education (the Working Group) and its Education Sub-group under the Constitution and Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee. We will solicit views from the Working Group and proactively follow up on its recommendations to develop and optimise the design of learning and teaching resources which cater for the needs of students at different learning stages as well as support teachers in mastering the related contents more accurately in the classroom for enhancing learning and teaching effectiveness.

Ends/Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Issued at HKT 16:25

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