Protests against new Educaction Minister Giertych

"I want schools to teach patriotism. Let us show - as John Paul II wrote - what is memory and identity," said Giertych ensuring that his priorities are fighting drugs and violence in schools. He also set another priority, which is an increase in salaries for teachers. The National Association of Management in Education, the largest domestic association of school headmasters, comprising a total of 1,700 members, protested yesterday against the nomination of Roman Giertych as Education Minister. In their letter to the Prime Minister their chief concern was Giertych's lack of competencies and his strong nationalistic, anti-European and intolerant points of view. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) A.K.