SURVEY | Youth Federation’s poll notes half in favor of national education

The result of a survey conducted by the Macao Youth Federation concluded that almost 52 percent of respondents do not believe that the equality of implementation of national education is an attempt to brainwash the city.
The poll was conducted from March 30 to April 3, with 501 telephone interviews completed. Only 20 percent of those surveyed agreed that the implementation of national education in schools was equivalent to controlling students’ mindset about the country.
However, the survey also indicated that despite whether or not the respondents could tell the difference between “national education” and “education of national circumstances,” the vast majority still expressed favorable responses in regards to the necessity of pushing for similar education for local students to broaden their understanding of the country.
During a news conference yesterday, Lei Chi U, a representative from the federation and also a manager of a program for local youth to improve engagement in political discussion, dispelled the accusation from the media that those who when surveyed were unaware of the difference between the above two types of education might not be “blindly supportive”.