It was defeated by a margin of 10,216 votes (about 68%) to 4,878 (about 32%).
This proposal has been filed to the General Assembly Education and Creativity Board.
NOTE: at 0203 GMT on the 2nd of December 2021, this proposal reached quorum with Willtechia's approval, the 59th all told.
NOTE 2: at 0622 GMT on the 6th of December 2021, this proposal won its 118th approval - twice the number required for quorum - from Islan Messh.
Word count: 208
OOC: This absolutely has to happen. Once again, almost no preamble as is my usual style ;p
Self-Defence Education Compact
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.Category: Educational and CreativityArea of Effect: EducationalProposed by: Tinhampton
Aware that people who are both above and below the age of majority can and do fall victim to violent crime, and
Believing that the ability to defend oneself from such horrors as and when they happen is a skill that ought to be endowed not just on those of us alive today, but also upon the next generation, and the one after that, and the one after that, and the one after that, and...
The General Assembly hereby:
- defines a "school," for the purposes of this resolution, as a primary or secondary educational establishment in a member state which does not specialise in any subject,
- requires all schools to educate all of their students, in theory and in practice, on the importance of remaining physically fit, active, and able to participate in team and individual sports, henceforth "physical education,"
- mandates that schools, as part of their physical education curriculum, deliver practical lessons to all of their students on the importance and safe execution of basic unarmed self-defence, de-escalating and preventing small-scale conflict situations, and escape from life-threatening situations, and
- suggests that those being taught self-defence under Article c also receive similar instruction about more advanced forms of self-defence.