Basic education curriculum guide: building on strengths (Primary 1 - Secondary 3)

The Basic Education Curriculum Guide – Building on Strengths is prepared by the Curriculum Development Council (CDC) to advise school supervisors, school heads/principals, teachers, parents and those concerned on how to realise both the aims of education (EC, 2000) and the recommendations made in the report on Learning to Learn – The Way Forward in Curriculum Development (CDC, 2001) for life-long learning and the whole-persons development of students. This Guide replaces the Guide to the Primary 1 to 6 Curriculum (CDC, 1993) and the part on junior secondary level of the Guide to the Secondary 1 to 5 Curriculum (CDC, 1993). It aims to provide:

• Recommendations of a central curriculum for schools and time allocation which all schools to adopt at primary and junior secondary levels
• Suggestions for actions in school curriculum planning, learning and teaching and assessment to improve the quality of education, and for school-based adaptations to build on the strengths of Hong Kong schools as well as to meet the needs of students
• Illustrative examples in authentic school contexts
• Opportunities for reflection by school heads/principals, teachers and related parties