The Education Bureau today announced the Values Education Curriculum Framework (2026), providing a roadmap for primary and secondary schools to implement values-based learning starting from the 2026-27 school year.

Drafted by the Standing Committee on Values Education under the Curriculum Development Council, the framework adopts the core theme: "Taking root in Chinese Culture, Connecting with the World, Embracing the Future". The bureau emphasised that Chinese culture serves as the backbone of this overarching direction.

The new document outlines key focuses for schools to strengthen, including detailed curriculum content, planning and implementation strategies. It also establishes expected learning outcomes for students at various stages and provides a suite of resources and support for educators.

The bureau noted that the document also provides schools with a clearer and more forward-looking direction to further enhance values education, and supports schools in equipping students to face current and future opportunities and challenges.

It added that in response to rapid social and technological changes, the curriculum framework recommends that schools continue to strengthen learning in several key areas. These include Chinese culture, national education, life education, sex education and health education, alongside content related to sustainable development.

The framework also aims to foster students' media and information literacy, international perspectives and an awareness of “building a community with a shared future for mankind”. The objective is to nurture self-disciplined, committed and aspiring future pillars of society who possess an affection for Hong Kong and a strong sense of national belonging.

Following the release of the Values Education Curriculum Framework (Pilot Version) in 2021, primary and secondary schools have already begun reviewing and refining their school-based values education curricula based on their individual developmental progress.