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P-05-861 Make political education a compulsory element of the new national curriculum

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Meeting: 25/02/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-861 Make political education a compulsory element of the new national curriculum

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Minutes:

The Committee noted the work done by the Welsh Youth Parliament on life skills in the curriculum (including political education), the imminent full introduction of the new curriculum for Wales, and the inclusion of political education within the Welsh Baccalaureate, and agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner for her engagement.

Meeting: 19/11/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-861 Make political education a compulsory element of the new national curriculum

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The Committee agreed to continue to await a further response from the petitioner to the information received by the Committee, including the report of the Welsh Youth Parliament, before considering whether it can take further action on the petition.

Meeting: 25/06/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 P-05-861 Make political education a compulsory element of the new national curriculum

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The Committee considered further correspondence from the Minister for Education and agreed to await the views of the petitioner before considering further action on the petition.

Meeting: 07/05/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-861 Make political education a compulsory element of the new national curriculum

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The Committee considered the petition alongside P-05-860 Make curriculum for life lessons compulsory and agreed to write back to the Minister for Education to ask:

  • for an interim solution to be put in place, either through the current PSE curriculum or the Welsh Baccalaureate, to support young people who might be voting for the first time in 2021; and
  • for consideration to be given to other ways young people can access information in relation to political education outside the school curriculum, for example through youth work settings.

 

Meeting: 19/03/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-861 Make political education a compulsory element of the new national curriculum

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Minutes:

The Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Education on this petition and P-05-860 Make curriculum for life lessons compulsory, and agreed to await the views of the petitioners on the further information provided by the Minister for Education before deciding whether it can take any further action on the petitions.

Meeting: 29/01/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 P-05-861 Make political education a compulsory element of the new national curriculum

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:

·         write a combined letter in relation to this petition and P-05-860 to the Minister for Education to request that the Minister consider swifter action to ensure that improvements to the political education provided with schools are implemented prior to the proposed extension of voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds for the 2021 Assembly elections.

 

 

 

 

 

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