A suitable source for questions about the political system.
Someone wanting to understand the difference between the Landtag and the state government can look for a suitable agency resource. Its publications and events address political topics; its work is not limited to test questions.
The local activities listed on its website include Demokratie auf Achse and DemokratieLaden Anklam. Civic education therefore takes place beyond a single administrative building. Check the current programme for the activities available at a particular time.
The other three answers
Other institutions may also provide information, but have different main responsibilities.
at the churches
Churches can organise discussions about society and educational activities. They are not, however, the public state agency sought by this question.
at the municipal regulatory office
The municipal regulatory office handles local public safety and order, including regulatory matters. It is not the general state civic-education agency.
at the consumer advice center
The consumer advice centre helps with consumption and consumer rights, such as contract problems. General education about the political system is not the main role being asked for here.
Civic education should enable independent judgment.
Nonpartisan education does not choose a political party for you. The Beutelsbach Consensus requires, among other things, that learners are not pushed towards a predetermined opinion and that genuinely contested questions are presented as contested.
This does not mean indifference towards human dignity and democracy: these basic values frame civic education. The correct test answer also does not claim that political information is available from only one institution.
Responsibilities and services · State Agency for Civic Education M-V ↗Civic education → state agency.
Consider the institution’s mission, rather than merely whether it provides any information.
Three words for this question
- die politische Bildungcivic education
- Learning about politics, democratic processes and participation.
- überparteilichnonpartisan
- Not directed towards supporting one particular party.
- das begründete Urteilreasoned judgment
- A view that can be supported with understandable reasons.