Some schools in Hong Kong have jumped ahead of the government - preparing their own materials to teach students about the National Security Law before official guidelines are published.
Though Joshua Wong, who once led student protests against proposed National Education policies in 2012, expects more fallout to come from the pro-Beijing initiatives.
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(Aired on ViuTVSix on 11 October 2020)
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This Ho Man Tin secondary school has a new classroom that looks like a court room.
It's where the school aims to teach lessons about the Basic Law and the nation's Constitution.
For this new academic year, the school's prepared activities and courses to help students better understand national security too.
But its principal says more official guidelines would be helpful.
(Soundbite, WONG CHING-YUNG, Principal, Scientia Secondary School)
"That way schools don't have to guess what can or can't be taught. Another important issue is teacher training. We don't have experience teaching these things.
Though, really, the Education Bureau doesn't either. Nor do they have the people to do it. Forget national security education, the EDB probably doesn't even have enough instructors on national education."
NowTV has cited sources saying this year's Policy Address will step up the focus on teaching the Basic Law, the Constitution and national security law in schools.
The report says the government is producing its own teaching materials and resource kits for schools.
And that it'll provide teacher training to increase their understanding of national security and "One Country, Two Systems."
In 2012, a similar effort to introduce "national education" was withdrawn after massive protests, seen as a precursor to the umbrella movement.
Activist Joshua Wong, who was a student protest leader then, says he believes another attempt at such a policy would backfire.
(Soundbite, JOSHUA WONG, Pro-democracy activist)
"I expect more and more young generation might be triggered and also come out to protest, and it will just trigger the stronger momentum to oppose this implementation of this policy without any consultation. Bigger suppression will result in greater resistance, that's what we experienced in 2012."
Wong says he's "totally disappointed" to hear news of this purported policy addition.
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