In a recent interview with the weekly magazine Sieci, Czarnek said it was “vital that students are taught history of Poland and the world in a modern way.”
He added the new approach had been proposed by Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, earlier this year, at the unveiling of the government’s post-pandemic recovery package, known as the Polish New Deal.
Czarnek told a news conference on Tuesday that details of the new subject, designed for "students at post-primary schools," would be made public “in two weeks’ time at the latest.”
He said the plan was "in line with what our leader Jarosław Kaczyński said about the need to teach modern history in a new, cutting-edge way."
Czarnek also announced a new textbook to teach contemporary history from the second part of the 20th century up to the present day.
He dismissed suggestions by opposition politicians that the new course would teach students a distorted, ideologically-driven version of history, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
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Source: PAP
