Civic education and media literacy trainings for students and teachers are being started by the European institute under the CLASS project. It includes over 350 teachers and nearly 300 students.
How young people to become active and media literate citizens – a matter that students from 11th and 12th grade from 14 cities in our country are going to be educated about. The CLASS project starts from the new school year, shares Borislav Mavrov, the programme director of the European Institute Foundation.
BORISLAV MAVRIV, PROGRAMME DIRECTOR OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
“I would like to say that it is crucial for them to analyze what is happening around them, to create a set of skills that would allow them to orient by themselves not only on the political map, but also to build their own life map that rests on plenty of objective data and gives them the opportunity to always use arguments, rather than accepting what someone tells them.”
Before the practical start, 2 manuals will be prepared. The media expert Yoanna Nikolova will also take part in their creating.
YOANNA NIKOLOVA, MEDIA EXPERT
"Media literacy, critical thinking - this is something that each of us develops and continues to develop in this information society that we live in. Information is available at any moment and we have to set up criteria to be guided by”.
BORISLAV MAVRIV, PROGRAMME DIRECTOR OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
"Our aim is to provide appropriate tools for teachers who, by entering a class and teaching topics related to civic education, are actually better prepared."
Over 80% of young people inform themselves trough social networks, Nikolova shares. She say that she is full of curiosity and looks forward to her meetings with the children.
YOANNA NIKOLOVA, MEDIA EXPERT
"Even in a situation like the current one - this situation of tension of the whole society not only in Bulgaria, but all over the world, when a person has the opportunity to read in advance enough information from reliable sources, to form an opinion by themselves, a behavior that will certainly help them in panic circumstances to keep calm and to act rationally."
The project will cover students from Ihtiman, Samokov, Panagyurishte, Shumen, Silistra, Targovishte, Haskovo, Kardzhali.
BORISLAV MAVRIV, PROGRAMME DIRECTOR OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
"The project will end with an innovative camp in which the best school teams we will work with will be able to join and devote 3 days to journalistic events. They will make broadcasts, they will make reports, they will create their own content in the form of articles, interviews”.
Watch the whole conversation in the video.
The CLASS project is implemented with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA's financial mechanism. The aim of the project is to encourage the media literacy and civic education.
The entire responsibility for the content of this article is held by the European Institute Foundation and under no circumstances can it be assumed that it reflects the official opinion of the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area and the Bulgarian Operator of the Active Citizens Fund.
