– It's discrimination against spiritual knowledge. I see no reason to accept the illegal activities of the Minister of Education – says prof. Piotr Tomasik, Head of the Department of Fundamental and Material Catechetics of the UKSW, commenting on ministerial plans to organize spiritual lessons in the interclass group. – There was no deal. A consultation is different from an agreement. A man who understands basic words in Polish should know what these 2 concepts disagree from – adds.
As a consequence of MEN's work on reducing the number of hours of spiritual lessons at school, from 1 September 2025 only 1 lesson of this subject per week is to be held, and it is to be possible to combine groups within classes: 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8.
Fr. prof. Tomasik besides refers to the organizational side of the ideas of Minister Nowacka. – This regulation introduces disorder in teaching spiritual lessons. Combining classes from another levels of teaching forces the implementation of different programs simultaneously. Teaching religion is not done according to the key: “what comes to mind.” There are circumstantial software content, expressed in the utilized catechical textbooks, which are at a good pedagogical level. This is so a problem for teachers. The merging of classes at different levels took place erstwhile these students were fewer erstwhile the facility was forced to do so. But now that the group has 28 students from different classes and levels, there is difficulty in appropriate teaching. The teacher has a work to teach students, we presume specified a scenario. School is to implement specified educational requirements – explains.
As the clergyman betrays, the contact squad appointed by the Polish Episcopal Conference meets with representatives of the Ministry. There were 2 meetings that were discussed, but was there an agreement? – There was no agreement. A consultation is different from an agreement. A man who understands basic words in Polish should know what these 2 concepts disagree from – explains the professor.
– Let Minister Nowacka read Article 12(2) of the Education Act. The wording utilized there “in agreement” means that the consent of these entities should be accepted. But no church or spiritual union asked for approval – adds.
– It is incorrect that the constitutional rule of a democratic regulation of law is violated by the current Minister of Education. The Minister must make decisions within the framework of the legal system, in which case she went beyond the delegation which the Minister gives the education strategy bill, as this delegation is subject to agreement with the Church authorities He comments.
There is no uncertainty that in the case of minister Nowacka there was a violation of the law, and specified escalation of hatred of the Church did not take place even under the regulation of the most left-wing ministers.
Fr. Prof. Piotr Tomasik besides referred to the alleged neutrality of the worldview, which the Tusk government refers to. – World-view neutrality is that educational authorities do not dictate who and what to believe. This is clearly due to the substance of the subject – discrimination against spiritual knowledge. Will there be a school without religion? I can't believe this is gonna happen. Things can inactive happen that I trust will reconstruct normality It's in receipt.
Source: KAI / spoke to Maria Olek
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