Democratic Life has created a form to make submitting your response to the National Curriculum Review’s Call for Evidence easier.
We’ve included our key messages for the Department for Education on citizenship education in this template. If you agree with the statements, keep them in and add comments. If you do not agree with a particular statement, you can delete it from the form.
You can do as little or as much on this template as you like. Standard responses are a good start, but ideally we really want you to add comments about your experience of citizenship, why you think it’s important that it is taught in schools and what will be lost if it is not.
When you submit the form your response will be sent directly to the National Curriculum review team at the Department for Education.
Please help us show the Department for Education how many people care about citizenship education by using our form to respond to the curriculum review!
NB: We have only provided space for you to comment on the future of citizenship education – if you wish to make a response about other subjects, or the National Curriculum in general, please go here to find information about how to do so.
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I go to into schools, as invited, as an ‘expert’ visiting speaker on behalf on Amnesty International.
I cannot tell you how important I believe it to be that young people are introduced to the notion of Human Rights, the fact that in many places in the world they are not enjoyed as they are in the UK, and that it is possible to do something about it.
I often find that student knowledge of global events and even very recent news is sadly lacking despite the work that schools already do. Sometimes worryingly so.
I believe it imperative that students are made aware of a wide range of citizenship issues in order to help them develop as better informed, more well rounded individuals who will be better placed to cope with what life later throws at them and to make a more positive contribution. In any event learning about citizenship issues and human rights, researching, thinking, questioning, debating or even perhaps positively contributing, requires the use of a wide range of skills that are taught in other curriculum areas. This allows them to practice and put their skills to use in a positive and productive manner.
Please keep citizenship skills on the agenda in schools. If it were to be removed I think our society risks becoming the poorer for it.
I believe strongly that citizenship is a very important subject for all pupils and should be kept int he national curriculum. How do you expect to have a cohesive society and population that understands politics and democracy if you disgard citizenship form schools?as a democratic country we all should have an informed say in the creation of governments and political parties, its essential that people know what they are voting for and actively take part in elections for it to be a democratic process that represents everyone. If this subject is ousted fromt he national curriculum then we risk generations of future voters being uniformed and unprepared for the world they will contribute to as tax payers. not only that but they do not develop the skills required to make them and active poart of society and responsible for the communities in which they function.
Keep citizenship in schools, we risk our future as a democraticly informed society if we don’t.
I have tried to submit the form twice and no message came up – the form just cleared completely. What am I doing wrong?
Your responses were received. When the form is sent it should display a message at the bottom of the screen, but it seems not to appear for some people. I’ve tried to get to the bottom of it and will take another look.
Thanks – keep up the good work!!