Civic education ranges from books to discussion.
Its visible offer includes a publications programme, European education in the Greater Region, debating projects and remembrance work. Learners can build knowledge, compare different perspectives and better understand connections.
Its mission statement commits the agency to independent, non-partisan educational work. At the same time, it is committed to democracy, human rights and the principles of civic education. Non-partisanship therefore does not mean treating human rights as optional.
The other three answers
Other bodies can also provide information, but have a different main role.
at the churches
Churches can discuss social issues and provide education. They are religious communities, however, not the state civic education agency sought here.
at the consumer advice center
The consumer advice centre primarily helps with consumer issues such as contracts, prices and services. That differs from a general civic education mission.
at the municipal regulatory office
The municipal regulatory office deals with local regulatory matters. It is not the specialist source for political study materials and democracy education.
Information is not an instruction on how to vote.
Civic education aims to enable informed, independent participation. Controversial social questions can be presented as controversial. The agency is not a party’s election campaign adviser.
The test answer does not claim that political information is available only there. It identifies the matching public education mission among the four named institutions.
Mission and principles · State Agency for Civic Education ↗Understand political topics → State Agency for Civic Education.
Notice the words civic education in the institution’s name.
Three words for this question
- überparteilichnon-partisan
- Not working on behalf of one political party.
- die Urteilsbildungforming a judgment
- Assessing information and arguments to reach your own view.
- die Beteiligungparticipation
- Taking part in political or social processes.