The States as a whole should be questioning this

Thursday 3rd June 2010, 2:59PM BST.

From Wayne Le Brocq.
WITH reference to Bridget Murphy’s letter (JEP, 28 May), I would like to say that Deputies Vallois and Maçon have brought to our attention a valued point.

There is, and when I was at school, no political curriculum present in education. Maybe it does seem viable that these two well-educated Deputies should raise the issue with the Education department, but wouldn’t the better solution be that the States as a whole question the issue?

We are always being made aware of turnout numbers following every election in Jersey and the increase or decrease on previous years. Has it ever occurred to States Members that it is at all possible that the workings of politics in this Island is too complicated for the younger generation to understand, and this could be one of the reasons why they don’t seem to show an interest in political issues? After all, the children of today are the voters of tomorrow.

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kate

June 3, 2010 at 7:10 pm

There is no need for political curriculum to be included in schools. The teaching staff have enough to do in fitting in half the curriculum now.Political views begin when you start putting into the system you learn about it from the media, work mates and family. It should never be that the under 18 age group should be allowed to vote and clearly children and that it what they are at 16 have shown little interest thus far so why this was ever pushed through who knows but I certainly do not feel there is enough time to placing it in schools at this stage.

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