The new education minister wants to see the number of state-funded catechism classes halved to one hour a week.

The new education minister wants to see the number of state-funded catechism classes halved to one hour a week.
“It is deplorable that disinformation about Sweden is spread in this way,” wrote the embassy.
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The health minister has replaced what some doctors complained was an “obsolete” system.
Some local authorities are seeking to keep their schools closed.
The government is opposed to “the propagation of an aggressive ideology” in schools.
But hospitalisations and deaths remain below their earlier peak.
Restarting in-person education could cause outbreaks of coronavirus similar to those in mines.
A new subject, Latin and the culture of classical antiquity, will be taught from September.
Teaching is expected to return to normal, with some complementary remote work.
Schools in Poland were today allowed to reopen for the youngest pupils as well as those preparing for exams. Some local authorities are choosing not to reopen their schools, while many parents remain reluctant to allow children to return. There also remains confusion...
From the start of next week Poland will enter the second stage of its loosening of lockdown measures.
Universities, schools, preschools and nurseries will remain closed.
Leading figures from different fields explain what effect the crisis has already had, and offer a vision of what could emerge from it.
Scheduled elections in May are also still set to go ahead.