Holocaust education: Committee publishes Government response
21 April 2016
The Education Committee has published the Government's response to its report on Holocaust education.
- Holocaust Education: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2015-16
- Holocaust Education: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2015-16 (PDF 140KB)
- Inquiry: Holocaust education
- Education Committee
Inquiry background
The Education Committee's inquiry focused on 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
Further information
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