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Bill: National Education Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partido Moderado Nacional
Status[?]: defeated
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: August 3766
Description[?]:
| An act to reform the Education policies in Baltusia. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is no National Curriculum; the curriculum is set by the schools themselves.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:37:10, November 29, 2014 CET | From | Baltusia Partido Conservador | To | Debating the National Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We would like to welcome the PMN to the Baltusian political sene! I'm afraid that, we oppose both articles, article one states that any religion can set up schools, that includes cults that are not recognized by the Baltusian government and the People we shall not let the people be influenced by cults. We oppose article two because, students need to learn and they need to become skilled and qualified to fit jobs in the future. Creativity is vital and essential when it comes to learning but that should be second to students actually learning and retaining information, which they will use in life. Roxana Silva Shadow Minister for Education & Culture Conservative, MP |
| Date | 19:42:29, November 29, 2014 CET | From | Partido Moderado Nacional | To | Debating the National Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We thank the right and honourable lady for the welcome! We value the points laid out by the member, however we believe that the government shouldn't be able to dictate which religions can or cant set up a school. That being said we will remove the article in hopes of at least being able to pass the second article. As for the second article we believe that testing should be an important aspect of education, however we also believe that creativity is the best way to have the full potential of every student realised, rather than memorizing patterns to standardized tests. Ronaldo Del Rio Leader of the PMN |
| Date | 20:12:05, November 29, 2014 CET | From | Partido Justicialista | To | Debating the National Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Partido Justicialista appreciates that you brought our education system issue to the Parliament. However, PJ agrees with your solutions partially. We fully believe that the number of our schools should be increased, established by the cults or not. On the other hand, by voting yes we will endorse the alteration of our testing system. You propose creativity instead of standardized tests which is totally understandable. However, we simply believe that you can not measure creativity. There should be criterias for qualification and standardized tests are a "necessary evil". Therefore we are unfortunately against this bill. Lope Acosta PJ Counselor on Education and Cultural Affairs |
| Date | 20:20:09, November 29, 2014 CET | From | Partido Moderado Nacional | To | Debating the National Education Reform Act |
| Message | Mr.Speaker, We would like to point out to the right and honourable counselor that our bill doesn't eliminate our testing system, but instead puts individual creativity at the forefront. It is hard to measure creativity which is why we need standardized testing and with this bill it shall be kept that way. We encourage the party to reevaluate their position on the issue. Ronaldo Del Rio Leader of the Moderates |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 133 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 137 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 122 |
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