Preparations are now under way to take over the 22 schools operated by the Central Jewish Committee, a delegation from the Committee was informed today by Minister of Education Prof. Stanialaw Skrzeszewski.
At the same time, the Ministry announced that the government is willing to establish Jewish secondary trade schools if the Committee will guarantee that the enrollment will reach a given number. In academic schools where there are sufficiently large numbers of Jewish students, the government announcement added, special courses on Jewish subjects will be offered.
Minister Skrzeszewski also notified the Committee that the government to ready to take over all Jewish children’s homes and institutions. He told the Committee deputation that in his opinion all Jewish schools in Poland which are not under the supervision of the Central Committee — such as the various cultural centers and religious institutions — should adapt their courses of instruction to the curricula offered in the Central Committee schools. This, he pointed out, would make the programs of all Jewish schools in Poland more uniform.
Previously, the Education Ministry announced that all Jewish schools and children’s institutions in the country must form units of the Jewish Scouts Organization, which is a branch of the nation-wide Polish scout movement.
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