A fresh era in Polish education. What's Barbara Nowack planning?

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Poland entered the next political era. 1 area that was subject to intense discussions and where deep reforms were promised is education. The government of our country has expressed a strong commitment to improving the quality of the education system, expanding access to modern technologies and reforming curricula.

The nomination of Barbara Nowacka for the position of Minister of Education gave hope to affirmative changes in the Polish education system. Her social experience, commitment to the fight for women's rights and demands on equality in access to cognition propose that Poland can undergo a affirmative reform, which will make education more accessible, modern and sustainable. 1 of the first crucial changes is the division from 1 January 2024 of the Ministry of Education and discipline into 2 separate departments: the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of discipline and Higher Education. At the head of the erstwhile remains Minister Nowack, the management of the second was headed by Minister Dariusz Wieczorek. Hopes are great, and the predecessor suspended the bar highly low. To date, the celebrated “educational cruiser” has been carried by Przemysław Czarnek, who has become celebrated for limiting sexual education, and alternatively the introduction of a moralist approach to this subject, the speech of hatred towards LGBTQ+ communities and the deficiency of dialog with teachers. All of this will change with the coming of fresh power.

Revolutionary changes

In erstwhile years, teachers in Poland have repeatedly raised the issue of low earnings, which did not reflect the tremendous responsibilities and hardships associated with educational work. Inadequacy of wages was 1 of the main decision-making factors for many graduates of pedagogy who wondered about choosing the profession of teacher. The fresh government declares its willingness to bridge this inequality. The promise of an increase for teachers is seen as a step towards appreciating the function of educators and their importance to society. The wage increases are intended to encourage work in this profession and to keep experienced workers in the educational system. The around-budget bill discussed at the end of 2023 assumed a 33% increase for beginners teachers and a 30% increase for the remainder of this group as early as 1 January 2024. However, president Duda's veto thwarted the coalition's plans. The government assures that the change may enter into force late, but the alignment will surely take place from the beginning of the year.

Another issue to regulate is religion in schools. Barbara Nowacka announces a simplification in the number of lessons for this subject from 2 a week to one. There are voices demanding the complete liquidation of this subject and the return of classes to Sunday church schools. Supporters of this concept argue that Poland is becoming an increasingly secular society, where less people identify with a given religion. Another aspect is the request for equality between different religions and worldviews in schools. The elimination of spiritual lessons can be treated as a step towards world-view neutrality in education, allowing students with different beliefs to feel treated equally. First of all, the withdrawal of religion from schools would let the criterion of political neutrality to be met, due to the fact that in Poland, unfortunately, politics frequently involves spiritual views. This was the case, for example, in the case of already cancelled Małopolska school curator Barbara Nowak.

In addition to the request to reduce or destruct religion, a change in the plan of the schoolroom plans is announced so that the subject is first or last during the day. This seems a large solution for non-participants who will not gotta waste time on alleged windows. Another change is not to include an evaluation of this subject to the average, which determines the certificate with distinction.

Clean up after Black.

Planned changes besides include the re-modelling of the evaluation and examination system. The fresh programming basis is intended to encourage a more individualised approach to assessing student progress, with a focus on developing skills alternatively than just acquiring knowledge. Public expectations besides focus on resolving controversial decisions of Przemysław Czarnek. While serving as Minister of Education, he changed the list of readings, adding more spiritual positions specified as John Paul II's sermons, but besides expanding the comprehensive catalogue in general. Another decision was the introduction of the subject past and the present, to which, among another things, a textbook by Prof. Wojciech Roszkowski was proposed. On the subject of this book, representatives of even specified far different parties as the Left and the Confederate said: "This HIT manual is not a textbook for children, but a book for the concrete electorate of the PiS," said Artur Dziambor in the TVN24 program "Cava on the bench". Catherine Kotula agreed with this opinion by saying, “Someone has spent money on the organization newsletter.” At the moment, the details of the plan to change the programme base are unknown, but discussions on this issue will surely be heated as shortly as the changes related to increases and reductions in spiritual hours are approved.

The announcement of these changes in Polish education after the fresh government was established on 13 December 2023 is simply a clear signal of focusing on improving the quality of the educational system. Time will show whether these promises will be fulfilled, and the fresh era in Polish education will bring the expected results.

MAZIOPA OIL