The education minister displayed large banners on the ministry’s entrance detailing increases in funding implemented by the government.
The education minister displayed large banners on the ministry’s entrance detailing increases in funding implemented by the government.
UNICEF and UNHCR have urged Ukrainian refugees to enrol their children in the Polish education system.
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Under the legislation, government-appointed officials would have greater powers to appoint and dismiss headteachers of schools in Poland.
“Poland is the last country in which the church is not waving the white flag,” says PrzemysÅ‚aw Czarnek.
A petition says that a return to school briefly before the holidays will be “unnecessary”, “confusing” and “stressful” for pupils.
He wants to ensure that “some message about the values system will reach young people”.
He ensured that textbooks would be checked to ensure they are free from “ideological content”.
Children can produce songs, poems or films with pro-life themes.
The scheme is limited to low-income households with at least two children in school.
“What is lacking today is academic freedom,” says the newly appointed minister.
Paweł Marczewski
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated structural problems in Polish education.
Poland’s Catholic episcopate has adopted an official position on LGBT.
Some local authorities are seeking to keep their schools closed.
Restarting in-person education could cause outbreaks of coronavirus similar to those in mines.