Written question asked by Win Griffiths (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 December 1993. It was answered by Robin Squire (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 December 1993 on behalf of the Department for Education.

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Dept for Education

Question

If he will make it his policy to ensure that all schools, in stating their moral values and outlining their general ethos,refer to the importance of their responsibility for the environment and the development of such awareness among their pupils; how DFE intends to meet requirements of Agenda 21 objectives on incentive training, local environmental studies and promoting proven education methods with respect to estuaries; to help to increase schools awareness of estuarine sites of importance to wildlife by providing educational resources and training for interpretation of estuaries; and what plans DFE has to set up pre-service and in-service training programmes for all teachers and educational planners to ensure delivery of environmental education as recommended at Rio summit.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

234 c772W;234 c768W

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Curriculum Environment protection Environment Estuaries Schools Teachers Training Agenda 21