Schools must serve fried food no more than twice a week, cook using seasonal and local products, and include fruit or vegetables in meals.
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Schools close in Poland as temperatures drop below -20°C
In Gdańsk, the Motława River has frozen for the first time since 2011.
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Poland wants to protect school students’ right to choose their own clothes and hairstyle
Pupils should “have the right to shape their own attire and appearance”, says the education ministry.
Less than third of Polish schoolchildren join new health classes after conservative backlash
Health education was initially intended to be compulsory, but was made optional following criticism.
Constitutional court rules against Polish government’s cuts to religious teaching in schools
The education ministry plans to halve the number of hours that Catholic catechism classes are taught.
Majority of Polish high school students suffer bullying, study finds
Nearly 4% of students say they are bullied on a daily basis.
Large decline in children’s happiness in Poland over past five years, finds UNICEF report
Currently, 59% of children in Poland report feeling happy, down from 75% in 2019.
Poland halves number of weekly religion classes in schools
The change, opposed by the Catholic church, will come into force at the start of the new school year in September.
Polish region launches climate education programme for primary schools
The national government is also working on a similar scheme that would be introduced across Poland.
Taking religion out of schools “removes inalienable part of Polishness”, warns president
Andrzej Duda’s remarks come amid efforts by the government to reduce and reorganise Catholic catechism classes in public schools.
Tens of thousands of new Ukrainian pupils start school in Poland after attendance linked to benefits
The education ministry estimates that between 20,000 and 80,000 new Ukrainian pupils will now start attending school.
Constitutional court orders halt to government’s changes to school religion classes
The measures were due to go into effect at the start of the new school year next week.
Church criticises Polish government for removing Catholic catechism from school grade average
It is “unfair towards students attending religious classes”, says the Catholic church.
Poland proposes 20% cuts to school curriculums for “calmer, more effective, in-depth education”
The opposition mainly objected to the removal of the detailed list of events from the history curriculum.
