The draft law on patriotic education was announced on Saturday by Deputy Prime Minister, head of PSL, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, at the PSL Supreme Council. As he noted, this includes, among other things: on regulations regulating historical and literary canons in Polish schools, but also, for example, in the field of tourism education.
As Kosiniak-Kamysz said, “values such as tradition, national identity and culture, as well as patriotism, must be passed on to the young generation.”
The school should not only teach, but also educate together with parents and the local government community. That is why we will present the Patriotic Education Act in the coming days
– he announced.
Preventing revolutions
He pointed out that it had to be “a set of solutions to prevent any revolution – be it left-wing or right-wing”, “because both are harmful to Poland”.
What’s in the middle is best for her
– he said.
It cannot be that with every change of government there will be a change in the canon or the reading list. It cannot be that with the change of government we will change the heroes that our children learn at school. (…) There must be a core that is unchangeable. There is a place in Poland for our heroes – for Witos and Piłsudski, for Dmowski and Daszyński, Paderewski and Korfanty
– said Kosiniak-Kamysz, who also drew attention to the key figures of the changes of the 1980s and 1990s.
There is room for both Jacek Kuroń and Kornel Morawiecki
– he argued.
“This will remain a constitution for years to come.”
As he added: “There is room, you just need to make an appointment for Poland.”
Not for a week, a year or a month, but for Poland you have to plan for years and generations
– said the politician.
The Law on Patriotic Education will be a constitution for Polish children and Polish schools for years and generations
– added.
Kosiniak-Kamysz added that the project also includes facilities that will allow children from large cities, for example, to attend green schools on agrotourism farms to learn more about the Polish countryside.
So that they can see what the Polish countryside looks like, what our tradition is, what we live on, where food comes from – these are the fundamental truths that should be in every school
– he said.
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Source: wPolityce
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