Interethnic and interfaith relations
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write a short text of five sentences about a tradition of one nationality or religious community in our country.
Sample: the text mentions the festival’s name, its time, a traditional dish or custom, the participants and the openness of the festival to others.
2
Write the similarities and differences between interethnic harmony and religious tolerance.
Similarity: both rest on respect and peaceful coexistence. Difference: the first concerns relations between nationalities, the second between beliefs.
3
On language policy: write two advantages of providing education in other languages alongside the state language.
Each people preserves its language and culture; children learn better in their mother tongue and the sense of equality in society grows.
4
Distinguish the bodies from 1989 and 1992: what was set up in 1989 and what in 1992?
1989 — the first national cultural centres and the state language law; 1992 — the Republic International Cultural Centre.
5
With a classmate prepare a polite one-minute exchange on “the secular state and the place of religious education”; write down your main points.
Main points: the state is secular and the right to education is equal for all; religious education takes place in special institutions while schools teach secular subjects.