“Keep leftist, demoralizing and indoctrinating ideologies away from our children!” warns Polish education minister

Minister of Education Przemysław Czarnek referred on Polish Radio to the draft project of the amendment to the Polish education law. The new laws are intended to increase the role of the state school superintendent.

The amendment mainly concerns lessons being taught by associations and organizations at schools. According to the project, a school’s headmaster will be obliged to receive a positive opinion from the superintendent prior to the initiation of lessons by non-government organizations or associations.

After receiving such an opinion, the headmaster will have to present full information about the aims and content of the lessons to a student’s parents. They will also have to present the superintendent’s positive opinion, the positive opinion of the school and parents’ council, and materials which will be used during the lessons.

Moreover, the amendment entails that a student’s participation in such lessons will require the written permission of the student’s parents.

Minister Czarnek emphasized that despite the increase of the superintendent’s competencies, parents will have the decisive vote in the matter, and the goal of the amendment is to strengthen the voice of parents.