EDB: Primary Education Curriculum Guide released

The Education Bureau (EDB) today (Sept. 8) announced the release of the Primary Education Curriculum Guide (PECG) (Pilot Version) (2022) prepared by the Curriculum Development Council (CDC) and published for use by schools.

"The theme 'Cultivate Values for Leaders of Tomorrow, Create Space to Foster Whole-person Development' is adopted to delineate the major directions and the updated learning goals, and introduce the major renewed emphases. In addition, recommended strategies, examples and resources prepared by the EDB are provided in respective chapters to help schools further enhance the whole-school curriculum planning, continue to provide students with diversified, appropriate and meaningful learning experiences within and beyond the classroom, and foster their whole-person development, taking into consideration the school contexts and students' needs," the spokesman said.

The key updates of the PECG (Pilot Version) are:

* The updated seven learning goals of primary education;

* The three major directions and seven major renewed emphases of the ongoing renewal of the primary curriculum; and

* Good use of learning time and suggested time allocation.

The spokesman emphasised that curriculum development is an ongoing process. The PECG was launched on a pilot basis in the 2022/23 school year in order to collect school-based practices and reflections for further refinement of the curriculum guide. Through various channels, such as meetings, school visits, questionnaire surveys, focus group interviews, seminars and workshops, the EDB, the CDC and the Ad Hoc Committee on Primary Education Curriculum Guide will seek to understand how the curriculum guide is being piloted.