{"id":1408008,"date":"2022-03-29T16:15:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1408008"},"modified":"2022-03-29T16:15:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T20:15:14","slug":"kids-should-be-taught-benefits-of-the-british-empire-iraqi-born-education-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kids-should-be-taught-benefits-of-the-british-empire-iraqi-born-education-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Should be Taught Benefits of the British Empire &#8211; Iraqi-Born Education Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkids-should-be-taught-benefits-of-the-british-empire-iraqi-born-education-secretary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1408008&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">British school-aged children should be taught the benefits of the British Empire, the UK\u2019s Iraqi-born Education Minister has argued.<\/p>\n<p>Nadhim Zahawi, Britain\u2019s Education Secretary, has said that kids in school should be taught the benefits that the British Empire, as well as its negatives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Iraqi-born politician is only the latest senior Conservative Party member from a minority background to call for a reframing of how the history of the British Empire is taught in UK schools, with the country\u2019s Levelling Up minister having also previously called for a perspective change.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/teach-pupils-the-benefits-of-the-british-empire-says-nadhim-zahawi-2r6jtssp7\">report<\/a> by\u00a0<em>The Times<\/em>, Zahawi said that the British Empire brought benefits to the lands it colonised, often leaving beneficial structures in place even after power was returned to local populations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me give you an example,\u201d the Education Secretary said. \u201cYou know that my parents fled Iraq because of Saddam Hussein.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf you asked Iraqis before the Ba\u2019athist regime came into office \u2014 Saddam\u2019s cronies and criminals \u2014 Iraq was left a legacy of a British civil service system that actually served the country incredibly well for many, many decades,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the sort of thing that actually children should be learning about, and, of course, all aspects of Empire,\u201d he also said.<\/p>\n<p>Zahawi also put great emphasis on schools being used to teach kids how to think, and not what to think, though reportedly dodged a question regarding whether or not he was worried about \u201cwokeness\u201d in British education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe important thing is to remember to teach children how to think but not what to think,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we all focus on that, then we will do a great job for those young minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The education minister also said that it was important that educators in schools \u201cteach children how to how to have those inquiring, inquisitive minds rather than bringing in our own politics or otherwise into the class\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs long as teachers are giving students the ability to stress-test arguments, to be able to see both sides, that is a great thing,\u201d he reportedly concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jamaica&#8217;s prime minister has said his Jamaica Labour Party will put forward a bill to replace the Queen with \u201ca non-executive president as head of state\u201d \u2014 an option which would leave his own powers unchanged <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/slQ9S3tQFQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/slQ9S3tQFQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1507712725182341120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zahawi is only the latest Conservative politician from a minority background to come out in support of teaching the positive aspects of the British Empire, with the country\u2019s Nigerian-born Levelling Up Minister,\u00a0Kemi Badenoch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/kemi-badenoch-pupils-should-learn-benefits-of-empire-p07jjhspc\">previously<\/a> raising the issue last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo many children are now taught to see themselves as victims rather than just the latest generation of an ever-evolving story,\u201d Badenoch is reported as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that the former is helpful. I think the latter is,\u201d she also claimed,\u00a0emphasising how she was taught in Nigeria about all the \u201cgood things\u201d that came with British colonialism, as well as all the \u201cterrible things\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Badenoch went on to discuss how the UK\u2019s history curriculum was being rewritten under her government so as to \u201cweaves in all the different facets of different ethnicities into the story of Britain, without making it seem like one particular ethnic group or skin colour owns this type of history\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plans will ensure that children from all backgrounds are taught to see black, Asian and white historical figures as their history rather than a \u2018segregated history\u2019,\u201d the Conservative Party politician also said. \u201cBritish history belongs to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whoopi Goldberg, demanded the royals atone for historic British colonialism and accused Britain of running &#8220;ram shod [sic] over India for years.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tFeEvxKD2O\">https:\/\/t.co\/tFeEvxKD2O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1507335158139166721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British school-aged children should be taught the benefits of the British Empire, the UK\u2019s Iraqi-born Education Minister has argued. 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