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Citizenship Education Vital to 'Big Society'
18 January 2011
It is nearly nine years since the subject of citizenship became a compulsory part of the secondary school national curriculum. Tomorrow the education secretary who made that happen, David Blunkett, will lead a delegation to lobby the current incumbent not to ditch it – law teaching and all.
The government plans to return the national curriculum to what it calls "its intended purpose – a minimum national entitlement organised around subject disciplines", and Michael Gove is expected to announce a review imminently. Supporters of citizenship education – who held a campaign event in the House of Commons last week attended by MPs, peers, teachers, pupils and others – fear the subject will be cut from the core curriculum.