Election Pledge on Civics Education
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From: Matthew Whitehead
Dear Ministry of Education,
I am writing to request information on the progress of a specific item in the School Leaver's Toolkit election pledge and how it has progressed into policy under the Official Information Act.
I am specifically interested in the plan to provide mandatory civics education in years 11 and 13 mentioned during the election campaign, specifically:
What progress has been made to implementing this?
Is there any expected implementation date at this time, and if so, when?
How would such a course be integrated with other studies?
Has any consideration been given to the merits of implementing this education earlier in line with calls to lower the voting age to 16 or 15?
(With public support of these calls for earlier voting by some ministers from the government's support parties, considering the case for finishing the entire curriculum on civics by Year 11 would seem like a natural option to put before the minister, but I'm conscious that these dots don't always get connected in advance)
Thank you for your time.
Yours faithfully,
Matthew Whitehead.
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From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
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Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | TW
33 Bowen St, Wellington
education.govt.nz | Follow us on Twitter: @EducationGovtNZ
We get the job done Ka oti i a mātou ngā mahi
We are respectful, we listen, we learn He rōpū manaaki, he rōpū whakarongo, he rōpū ako mātou
We back ourselves and others to win Ka manawanui ki a mātou, me ētahi ake kia wikitoria
We work together for maximum impact Ka mahi ngātahi mō te tukinga nui tonu
Great results are our bottom line Ko ngā huanga tino pai ā mātou whāinga mutunga
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From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
Dear Matthew
Please see attached your OIA response 1110864
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We get the job done Ka oti i a mātou ngā mahi
We are respectful, we listen, we learn He rōpū manaaki, he rōpū
whakarongo, he rōpū ako mātou
We back ourselves and others to win Ka manawanui ki a mātou, me ētahi ake
kia wikitoria
We work together for maximum impact Ka mahi ngātahi mō te tukinga nui
tonu
Great results are our bottom line Ko ngā huanga tino pai ā mātou whāinga
mutunga
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Matthew Whitehead left an annotation ()
Will probably just wait until the budget and re-request to see if they can release it then. :)
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Luke C left an annotation ()
I wondered what the document was that they identified and whether parts of it could be released.
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