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Bill: Freedom of Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Workers Party of Deltaria
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 3428
Description[?]:
| To allow people from working class backgrounds a greater chance of succeeding through academia! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are partially exempt.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:14:15, January 17, 2013 CET | From | Interim National Democratic Congress | To | Debating the Freedom of Education Act |
| Message | We strongly oppose article 2. Student creativity should be the foremost important issue than creating a generation of rote memorisers with no analytical skills or creativity drive. OOC: Another example is India. India established the IITs. The institutes were brilliant and praised for their insanely difficult exams. For the fist few yards it helped India. But then coaching institutes cracked the pattern more or less. This lead to students with no actual intererets in science and engineering but interest in money-making and business to persue IITs which lead to the bran drain phenomenon of students of IIT leaving India upon the opportunity of work anywhere else in the world. The system is still trying to find out what went wrong and bring in "reforms" in the system, which aren't that succesfull. |
| Date | 19:24:04, January 17, 2013 CET | From | Workers Party of Deltaria | To | Debating the Freedom of Education Act |
| Message | Well we ask our DCA allies to vote in favor to ensure the bill is passed, then rectification can take place. |
| Date | 19:32:40, January 17, 2013 CET | From | Interim National Democratic Congress | To | Debating the Freedom of Education Act |
| Message | Fine then, but please ensure quick action or the Education Minister will do the needful. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 205 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 175 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "The political ballot box stands for willingness to be ruled by somebody other than yourself." - Alvin Lowi, Jr. |