{"id":11603,"date":"2018-01-19T20:20:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T00:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=11603"},"modified":"2018-01-19T20:20:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T00:20:08","slug":"abcre-promises-draft-civics-curriculum-for-schools-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/abcre-promises-draft-civics-curriculum-for-schools-video\/","title":{"rendered":"ABCRE Promises Draft Civics Curriculum For Schools (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIt became apparent that [the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda] is a difficult document to read and if you pick up the constitution you will have a problem with it,\u201d expressed Frantz DeFreitas, Director of the Antiguans and Barbudans for Constitutional Reform and Education (ABCRE) forum last evening at the Multipurpose Cultural Center at Perry Bay.<\/p>

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The ABCRE director was addressing members of the public at a town hall meeting last night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we decided to do is to create a curriculum for civics so that children starting at the primary school level would be able to understand all elements of the Constitution,\u201d DeFreitas went on.<\/p>

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The group has already put together a committee and are in the process of working on the content for that curriculum they hope to soon present to the Ministry of Education for inclusion into the school program of studies.<\/p>

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\u201cWhat we are hoping is that when we are finished drafting this document that when we are finished that it will be included in the education system of Antigua and Barbuda so that every child in primary and secondary school would be able to understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Defreitas further advanced that, \u201cmaybe we can look at a modified constitution for children that can be simplified just like you have a modified Bible you will get a modified constitution so that the parents can read it to their children as a bedtime story so that we can make them good good good citizens of Antigua and Barbuda.\u201d<\/p>

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Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Constitution has never been amended since being enacted in 1981.\u00a0 ABCRE\u2019s chairman, Ralph Bowen, offered that, \u201cWe rarely get things correct the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our case, with the Constitution\u2026 is an act of the British Parliament.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cIf our Constitution is to be the soul of our nation then it to reflect the soul of its people.\u201d<\/p>

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