Citizenship test to be practical
Nicholas Watt
A Home Office committee, set up last year to devise a compulsory citizenship programme for the 110,000 immigrants who apply each year to become naturalised Britons, yesterday recommended that the citizenship test should focus on practical issues,such as housing and the NHS, rather than on British history. On the controversial areas of British history and compulsory language lessons, the commitee responded to fears that the citizenship test could become a from of culture colonialism. Learning history should be optional and new citizens will be encouraged,rather than compelled, to learn English. They will instead be taught how to cope with life in Britain, how to find a job and be paid the minimum wage, and how to use the NHS and social services. the committee recommended that new citizens were also taught about how Britain is a "changing multicultural society". This will include "etiquettes of everyday life, what makes for good neighbours, the changing status of women and the assumption of equality between the sexes" There will also be a political lesson on British national institutions, including the monarch, the prime minister, parliament and the cabinet.
Citizenship test to be practical
Nicholas Watt
A Home Office committee, set up last year to devise a compulsory citizenship programme for the 110,000 immigrants who apply each year to become naturalised Britons, yesterday recommended that the citizenship test should focus on practical issues,such as housing and the NHS, rather than on British history. On the controversial areas of British history and compulsory language lessons, the commitee responded to fears that the citizenship test could become a from of culture colonialism. Learning history should be optional and new citizens will be encouraged,rather than compelled, to learn English. They will instead be taught how to cope with life in Britain, how to find a job and be paid the minimum wage, and how to use the NHS and social services. the committee recommended that new citizens were also taught about how Britain is a "changing multicultural society". This will include "etiquettes of everyday life, what makes for good neighbours, the changing status of women and the assumption of equality between the sexes" There will also be a political lesson on British national institutions, including the monarch, the prime minister, parliament and the cabinet.
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