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Constitutional Court Rules Against Polish Government's Cuts to Religious Teaching in Schools
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Constitutional court rules against Polish government's cuts to religious teaching in schools
Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal (TK) has ruled that the government’s decision to halve the number of hours that Catholic catechism classes are taught in school…
In Poland, the Constitutional Court has declared the government's decree to reduce religious education in schools illegal.
"This is an attempt to destabilize the education system, where a group pretending to be a tribunal, together with bishops, undermines the government's actions" - Minister Barbara Nowacka reacts to the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling on limiting religious education classes in schools. "The government will pay for one lesson per week"
National Education asked the Parisian Catholic institution Stanislas to obtain explicit consent from parents for the follow-up of the new teaching of "Christian culture" by their children, believing that the latter might violate their "freedom of conscience". A demand denounced by Frédéric Crouslé, professor of philosophy.
The Catholic Education Commission expresses the hope that after the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal, whose rulings – in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland – are final, the legal order will be restored, i.e. the regulations annulled by the Tribunal will be withdrawn and will not be complied with by entities responsible for education in Poland – we read in the announcement of the Catholic Education Commission of the…
The Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the MEN regulation limiting religious education classes to one hour per week was unconstitutional. Barbara Nowacka disagreed with this assessment, stating that it was an "attempt to destabilize the education system."
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