The provision of public services by the government has always raised concerns about the respect for individual liberty. And in the case of education, this issue gets even more relevant. For being a vehicle of transmission of knowledge, education contributes not only to tackle ignorance and to increase the level of literacy of the population, but also to create and promote a common set of values and behaviour patterns. In this post we analyse the perspective of Catholic social teaching on the provision of education by the government.
Read more >>Author: Inês Gregório
Inês Gregório works as research assistant at the Research Centre of the Institute for Political Studies of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (CIEP-UCP), where she is also a PhD candidate (presently completing a thesis on education policy) and teaching assistant.