More effort needed to encourage senior Hong Kong pupils to study Chinese history, education centre head says

Ho Hon-kuen, major of the Centre of Nationwide Historical past Training (Hong Kong), added on Sunday that each one of nation will have to cooperate to turn scholars the virtue of historical past. The topic helped community perceive why societies succeeded or failed, he added.

The association will start with Mode 5 scholars within the upcoming instructional while.

“Studying Chinese history provides inspiration by fostering a broad perspective and drawing lessons from the past … It helps us to gain insights into contemporary China,” Ho instructed a radio programme.

“But 13 per cent is certainly far from being ideal. I think principals, teachers and the Education Bureau would like more [students to take the subject].”

Ho, a former college major, argued that whether or not the modification would “optimise” Chinese language historical past relied on how principals and academics perceived the virtue of the topic, in addition to nation’s expectancies, that have been similarly a very powerful.

Ho stated the important thing to fighting scholars from stereotyping Chinese language historical past as “boring but difficult to get good marks in” lay with principals, frontline academics and the bureau, which is accountable for allocating sources.

“I think the three groups should not follow the old way, not act lazy and not turn a blind eye to problems existing,” Ho stated, with out giving examples.

Beneath the alternate, pupils will probably be given the number of sitting one DSE paper in lieu of the tide two.

Paper 1 accounts for 70 in step with cent in their grade, presen Paper 2 takes up the remains. If scholars pull handiest the primary one, their most grade will probably be 5 in lieu of the entire 5**.