【Castrating Liberal Studies】Education Bureau Ignores Task Force Recommendations, Scraps Existing Grading System; Subject to Be Renamed After 11 Years
【閹割通識】教局無視專責小組建議 取消現有評級機制 開科 11 年高中通識將改名
The government is targeting Liberal Studies. The Education Bureau today (26th) formally announced its “reform” of senior secondary Liberal Studies. Although the report submitted by the Task Force on School Curriculum Review in September this year clearly recommended retaining the existing 1 to 5** examination grading system, the Education Bureau refused to adopt the recommendation. Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung announced that senior secondary Liberal Studies would instead be graded as “Pass” or “Fail”, while half of the curriculum content would be removed through restructuring and cuts. The subject will be renamed after the changes, but its new name has not yet been decided. Yeung explained that the subject had been “stigmatised” and said he hoped a new name would give it a fresh start and prevent members of the public from having misunderstandings or bad perceptions of it.
政府劍指通識教育科，教育局今日（26 日）正式公布「改革」高中通識科，雖然學校課程檢討專責小組今年 9 月提交的報告，明確建議維持現行 1 至 5** 考試評級，惟教育局拒絕採納，教育局局長楊潤雄宣布，高中通識科評級將改為「合格」及「不合格」，並透過重整、刪減，減走一半課程內容。改動後的通識科將改名，但名稱未定，楊解釋科目已被「污名化」，希望科目有新開始，避免社會人士有錯誤理解或不好觀念。