2nd Report - Holocaust education
- HC No.
- HC 480
- Published
- 24 Jan 2016
- Items
- 0
- Government response
- Government response published 21 April 2016. Read the government's response ↗
Select committee: Education Committee
Holocaust education inquiry
Closed
Opened 17 Sep 2015
Closed 24 Mar 2016
Education Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
Government's response Government's response: Holocaust education Government's response: Holocaust education (PDF 139KB) Committee report Report: Holocaust education Report: Holocaust education (PDF 345KB) Written submissions are invited addressing the following points: The quality of the teaching of the Holocaust and educational programmes in schools. The impact of teaching the Holocaust on young people. The focus on the Holocaust in the national curriculum and the absence of teaching of other genocides. Training for teachers in Holocaust education. The implementation of the recommendations by the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission which have relevance to teaching in schools.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 17 September 2015.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 2nd Report - Holocaust education on 24 January 2016.
The government's response
Published 21 April 2016.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government welcomes the Committee's report and states that it is "committed to continuing to support and fund Holocaust education", responding to the recommendations by describing existing funded programmes rather than announcing new measures.
- On teacher training, it notes that it has funded UCL's Centre for Holocaust Education since 2008, with funding "doubled to £500,000 from 2013-14", and says the Centre "will continue to develop" its approach for mixed subject groups.
- On Auschwitz visits, it says it funds the Holocaust Educational Trust's 'Lessons from Auschwitz' project, with "a further grant of £1.85m" awarded for 2016-17, and that schools "can also arrange their own visits to other sites if they choose".
- On survivor testimony, it states the Prime Minister accepted the Holocaust Commission's recommendations "in full", and that over 100 testimonies will have been recorded "by the time the project is complete (around September 2016)".
- On academies, it says they are "required, like all schools, to teach a broad and balanced curriculum" and that Ofsted has written to inspectors about funded Holocaust education work. On cross-curricular teaching, it says it is "for teachers to decide whether and how to do this".
Reports
- 2nd Report - Holocaust education24 January 2016
Evidence
- 1 oral evidence sessionLatest 1 December 2015
Recent activity
- 4th Special Report - Holocaust Education: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2015-1621 April 2016, Report published
- 2nd Report - Holocaust education24 January 2016, Report published
- Oral evidence session1 December 2015, Oral evidence
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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Oral evidence session
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