Luthori

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Education Sec. Announces New Classes in Luthorian Schools by End of Summer Holidays.
5th May 5674 - by Jacob Potter



Luthorian Education Secretary Justin Carter, who replaces Elizabeth Sullivan as Education Secretary after the most recent Cabinet reshuffle announced that new classes would be created and introduced into the curriculum for the beginning of the 5675-5676 scholar year beginning on the 3rd of September. According to the Ministry of Education, these new classes, focused around the formation of students to become citizens when they turn 18 will help students to "understand more about the world and their country as well", by encouraging students to discover about the functionment of democracy, how Luthorian democracy is build upon and classes sensibilizing about democratic governance and risks upon liberal democracies such as Luthori. According to the Education Secretary, this new class will "help" foster new citizens with the necessary education to allow our democracy to thrive.

Citing concerns that education standards weren't "up to the highest standards upheld by His Majesty's Government" and that democratic education wasn't properly enacted by Luthorian schools, who were encouraged by the central government to organise these classes on a regular basis for students between 6th and 11th grades, but mandatory forced to engage in such process, the Office of the Secretary of State for Education announced that shift in policy, according to a minister working alongside the Prime Minister's Office, it was a joint decision made by both the Secretary of State for Education and Prime Minister Brooke, the latter having approved the minister's pleas for action to be taken by the Luthorian central government on that matter.

The devolved education administrations in all provinces have been notified of this change of policy, with ducal government tasked with the organisation of this new operation. All devolved government announced support for the government's decision, notifying Fort William that the classes would be organised by September. According to reports, the new classes on "civic education" enters into the wider philosophy of "civic conservatism", through these classes, of about 1 or 2 hour during the week, the government aims to tackle one key issues with our democracy, the potential risk for an "idiocracy", one where the population isn't educated enough on politics to actively take part in the democratic process, or risk destabilisation that would harm the overall democratic system of governance.

90% of Luthorians stated that they were "agreeing" with the government's decision, although some worry about the cost of the operation, its effectiveness in tackling this issue and the additional stress and pressure being imposed on students due to the long class hours, that have been just been increased with this reform. The Ministry states that these issues have been "previously studied" to "offer students the most manageable balance between school and outer life and avoid student crashouts caused by the duration of days.