Education needed in Civics and Citizenship
In the era of Gosford City Council, a Civics and Citizenship program was managed by the Council with assistance from the Department of Education.
The program honoured the outstanding leadership of a local resident.
This contribution to the community has not survived the test of time.
My enquiries to the Council revealed that there is no information available and there. is no reference to Civics and Citizenship on its available information sites.
If High School students are to hear opinions from both sides of this now challenging issue, they should be given the opportunity to hear from those who regularly attend Council meetings and from those who have spoken in the Public Forum.
This is Civics and Citizenship at the highest level never seen on the Central Coast.
It is obvious that this model is not congenial to both Local and State Governments.
How will this education self-interest model be corrected?
Young students should not have to spend time studying tainted education texts with the purpose of excluding all superficial content.
Do classroom lessons contain clandestine political content?
I have not referred this matter to a student or teacher for a comment.
The events pertaining to local government administration are more than adequate to provide a very realistic overview of the decline of Civics and Citizenship in this area.
The-State Government has its disastrous failed local government amalgamation record,and the Federal Government has its disastrous climate change non-action record.
Education, if honestly delivered, would strongly denounce both governments.
SOURCE:
Letter, 18 Jun 2021
Norm Harris, Umina