The School-based Curriculum Development (Primary) Section (SBCDP) was established in 1998. We provide on-site professional support services to primary schools, covering key areas including Chinese Language Education, English Language Education, Mathematics Education, and Primary Science/Humanities/General Studies, to enhance the quality of learning and teaching.

According to the Primary Education Curriculum Guide (2024) issued by the Curriculum Development Council, schools are encouraged to focus on seven key priorities to optimize their curriculum. By developing school-based curricula aligned with the Central curriculum, schools can help students achieve the updated seven learning goals. When designing school-based curricula, schools should consider their educational vision, unique contexts, and students’ developmental and learning needs. Following the guidelines, schools can refine their curriculum planning to consistently provide diverse, appropriate, and meaningful learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom. This approach broadens students’ knowledge base and perspectives, fostering lifelong learning and whole-person development. Schools are advised to adopt suitable teaching, learning, and assessment strategies aligned with the learning goals, while providing ample opportunities and space for students to develop their diverse potentials, laying a strong foundation for whole-person development.

• Teachers are able to discern, inquire and understand students’ learning processes through collecting evidence and constructing knowledge systematically to engender practical wisdom;
• Schools are able to construct their own holistic school-based curriculum, explore diversified learning resources, build a systematical knowledge management platform and nurture a learning organization culture to facilitate their sustainable development;
• Professional learning communities are established through collaborative lesson preparation meetings, lesson observations and post-lesson observation discussion.