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Govt. Passes “First Step” in Education Reform; PROFA Passes Parliament.

7th, May 5567

Fort William - The Second Pryce Ministry, has it seems, scored a very important parliamentary victory tonight, as the Imperial Diet passed the Primary Education Overhaul and Financing Act, 5567, marking the beginning of the Pryce Ministry’s efforts towards a comprehensive reform of the education system of the Realm. It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Labour and the Liberals’ plans for education reform were far away from one another, with the Liberals’ joining the Tories’ position in this matter. The Liberals think that the Luthorian education system does not push enough efficiency and excellence among students, and proposed to reform the education system alongside these two lines, which would set as objectives to achieve for an efficient and reformed education system. This position has been supported by the Conservative Party’s Leader, who is also the Leader of the Opposition, Robert Nell-Cain, the Earl of Pickburn. During an Address to the Imperial Senate, he stated that the Conservative Party’s goal in matters of education was to achieve ‘excellence’, here is the full transcript of his intervention in the upper house.

“It is without any doubt, the objective of the Tory Party, that being the achievement of excellence in our education system. For far too long, our children, while receiving a good education, some might argue, haven’t been pushed in a way where they could enact their full potential, with the help of the school system. It is important for any Bill that the Government on the other side of these benches may propose, that the notion of excellence be the primary motive behind such reforms. If it’s the case, then this Bill would receive the full approval of the Tory Party.”

This position was later repeated at the Imperial Diet by the Shadow Education Secretary, Robert Billinghay, who stated in his address the following statement.

“During the whole existence of the Conservative and Nationalist Party, we’ve continued to support any position meant towards reforming the academic system towards one orientated towards the achievement of excellence within that system. The proposed Bill, before us in Parliament seems to be hinted towards the achievement of excellence within the education system, while at the same time, proposing to continue the development of pupils by allowing families to send their children to clubs or sports clubs after school. [...]. The Tory Parliamentary Party is currently favourable to this Bill.”

But what is exactly the Primary Education Financing and Overhaul Act? This is an Act, drafted and proposed by the Secretary of State for Education to modify the structure of the education system in Luthori, all of it? No. The Pryce Ministry decided to enact a “four-step” program, with the primary school system being the first to see any form of reform by the Government. Mr. Pryce (unrelated to the PM), Education Secretary announced that his Bill, during a debate in Parliament in this subject, would be one which would “draw consensus” from most parties in Parliament. The Act presented in the Diet before the final voting was consisting of the following policies. (1) - the Administration would conduct a gradual reduction of time spent by pupils in school, passing from 8 hours a day (traditionally between 8:45 AM to 4 PM (CLT)) to a more reduced school day, passing from an average of 8 hours to a more average of 6 hours. The Government privileges the start hour of 9 AM to 3 PM (average 5:30 hours). This reduction of hours from 7:25 hours per day to 5.30 per day, a reduction of 1.45 hours in a primary school student’s schedule would bring the average time a child spends in a school during a week from 35 hours a week on average to just 28 hours on average. (2) - currently, the school system allows for students to go from school at 12 AM on Wednesdays, the Government seeks to uniformise the proposed policy of reducing school schedules, while remaining above the 30-hour long limit, as such, the reforms plans for an increase of the time of school during Wednesdays, with an increase of over 2 hours, with the hour of ending passing from 12 PM to 2 PM.

These are only the great lines in terms of this Bill, but the ramifications of it have been planned out through the Bill, like lunch times being modified to fit with the new schedule, more offers of activities after school being proposed to students, the public school transport being left to the Grand Duchies to handle, the education program being modified per levels and an decrease of lessons being instructed is expected to take place, with a focus being planned on the education of classes such as history, foreign languages, Luthorian, mathematics, geography and sciences classes. The implementation of this Act, coming after the approval of the Budget by the Senate after concessions coming out from the Labour-Liberal Government to the Conservative majority in the Senate.

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