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Prague, March 2 (CTK) - Czech children should learn how democracy works in civics within a new project that is to be launched in selected schools as of next school year, daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) writes Monday.
The project reacts to the alarming results of some polls proving the lack of interest in politics and public life. They show that over one-quarter of Czechs do not care whether there is democracy or dictatorship in the country and only a half of students over 18, eligible to vote, plan to go to elections.
"People start rejecting democracy in this country, and we cannot accept this, deputy Jiri Mihola (junior government Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL), one of the project's main initiators, told HN.
An expert commission, comprising not only politicians and clerks, but also teachers and NGO representatives, will meet at the Education Ministry for the first time Monday to outline the new concept of civics. Seminars and trainings for civics teachers should be launched in the spring, HN says.
At present, civics at schools is largely based on memorising facts. Students learn by heart how many MPs the Chamber of Deputies has or how the state emblem looks like, but they are not trained to be critically pondering on and debating what is happening around them, HN writes.
It adds that some teachers as well as head teachers are opposed to such debates since they resist everything that evokes "political education" from the previous regime.
"This is a cliche. It must be free of any ideology. Each topic must be discussed from various viewpoints," Mihola said.
The students' parliaments will considerably influence the new civics content. NGOs should also participate in it. They have already prepared a number of projects focused on civic education, while the Centre of Civic Education has drafted methodology, HN says.
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