The Educational Research Institute and the Ministry of Education invite proposals and comments on a new school subject – civics education. A public hearing will be held already on June 20.
The subject of civics education will be taught in to students in the second year of secondary schools (2 hours per week in general and vocational secondary schools and 1 hour in sectoral vocational schools) starting with the 2025/2026 school year. Due to the nature of civics education, the intention of the organisers is to collect opinions from citizens on their expectations of this new subject.
We particularly encourage the following groups to attend the hearing:
- Social Studies, History and Today teachers
- Young people attending secondary school and its recent graduates.
The voice of practitioners and young people will provide particularly valuable input to the work of the team preparing this curriculum.
We invite you to submit proposals and comments using the following form:
Public hearing
You are invited to attend the public hearing online on June 20, 2024, from 9:00-13:00.
Registration has ended.
Hearing programme
Speeches:
- Dr. Maciej Jakubowski, Director of the Educational Research Institute
- Katarzyna Lubnauer, Secretary of State at the Ministry of National Education
- Jędrzej Witkowski, chairperson of the expert team developing the proposed curriculum for a new general education subject – civics education
Hearings of the submitted comments will begin at 9:15 moderated by Magdalena Tędziagolska.
Registered persons will obtain a link enabling them to connect through the Zoom platform.
All remaining persons are invited to view the transmission of the hearings.
Regulations of the public hearing.
The hearing is taking place as the team of experts entrusted by the Ministry of National Education begins its work on developing the proposed core curriculum for this subject.
Representatives of the civics education core curriculum development team will listen to the hearing, and the submitted proposals will be used in the work on its premises and design.
The core curriculum development team will particularly value comments concerning:
- the scope of knowledge that should be included in the core curriculum
- the scope of civics skills which should be developed in the subject
- the means of delivering the subject, including teaching and assessment methods
Lesson plans
Teachers of Social Studies and History and Today are encouraged to use the last lesson of the year and engage their students in a conversation about the guidelines for this subject. You can use a proposed LESSON PLAN and then submit your proposals using the FORM.