Hong Kong Moral and National Education

Do you think moral and theme fosterage should be abolished? Moral and national statement had recently pay off a hot topic in Hong Kong. Moral and national educationis a school syllabus proposed by theEducation Bureau of Hong Kong, it s transformed from the current moral and civic education. The Education Bureau say that it is to cultivate positive values and attitudes in students. Schools are forced to name it into an independent overpower and teachers will teach according to computer programme disposed by the Education Bureau.However, the society suspected that it is brainwashing, they express their concerns through forming associations manage Scholarism and marching. National Education should have included different perspectives for students to know much about their uncouth and citizenship. Instead of letting students know about their country thoroughly, the information is carefully selected by the government. Of the 19 references, 18 of them were written by mainland Ch inese. There are no references from local or foreign scholar, no diverse views and different interests.They are all one-sided view of mainland China and neglected lots of important issues such as the development in human rights and democracy in China. Such references and handbooks are inappropriate to utilisation as teaching materials. Hong Kong schools already have liberal studies, civil education and Chinese history, content of lessons are overlapped. Students are overburdened by homework, testify and examination. Schools and teachers are rushing through the syllabus of HKDSE. Time is tight for two school and students, another compulsory subject is not needed. This creates more drive and stress than the benefit it might have on the major stakeholders.The curriculum guide for the evaluation of students performance is also creation worried. Students have to be emotionally touched in order to intend their patriotism. It focuses students to dissemble or to fake their feelings in order to get higher(prenominal) marks, it is not a proper way of education. Along with contents that praises the communistic China, advanced, altruistic and united governing body with characteristics that ensuring stable governance, protecting haleness of country. Students are to be brainwashed and to love their country blindly. radical nationalism and patriotism can easily leads to war just because of a little conflict (WW1).In my opinion, a moral and civic education curriculum committee should be set to draw up guide lines and purpose the teaching materials. It should be consist of trained teachers, parents and people from different separate of the society. The curriculum committee can also monitor the implantation of this subject or whether it should become a subject at school. With all the rejections and disagreements from overlord teachers, parents and even students themselves, the government should understand their concerns and go for a more undecided approach.