Secondary school children will soon have a new subject to study. Climate change. A new climate GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) aims to teach children how to conserve the planet.
According to SKY News:
The course will aim to give young people “a deeper knowledge of the natural world around them”, and it will be available to students from 2025.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi, who will formally announce the qualification on Thursday, said: “The new natural history GCSE will offer young people a chance to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of this amazing planet, its environment and how to conserve it.”
It is one of the first new qualifications to be announced since the exam system was reformed in 2017.
The Department for Education says the natural history course would enable students “to explore the world by learning about organisms and environments, environmental and sustainability issues”.
The broad outline of the course has been drawn up, but now officials will work with exam boards and Ofqual, the exams regulator, to design a full curriculum.
It is understood that climate change will be a key focus of the course.
A 2021 global survey across 10 countries demonstrated the depth of anxiety many young people are feeling about climate change.
Nearly 60% of young people approached by Bath University said they felt very worried or extremely worried about the environment.
The survey spoke to 10,000 people aged between 16 and 25.
I wonder, how many young people who are anxious about climate change, actually know the gases that comprise the Earth’s atmosphere? They might be surprised to learn that Co2 only makes up 0.04% of the overall figure.
Nitrogen – 78% Oxygen – 21% Argon 0.93% Carbon Dioxide – 0.04%.
Will teachers tell their students that they haven’t got a clue as to how much Co2 humans contribute to the overall 0.04 per cent?
Doubtful.
Will they explain to the kids why none of the IPCC climate change models make mention of the impact the sun has on temperature on Earth?
Doubtful.
There is no education system. There never was. It was always indoctrination. I wish I’d known that when I was 18 years-old. It could’ve saved me a lot of time and an awful lot of money.
