According to this report, Australian students continue to value the importance of learning about our country’s history and civic institutions. Despite this, the report shows that students’ knowledge and understanding of Australia’s democracy, our political system and civic processes has fallen.

The latest figures from a report by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on the National Assessment Program in Civics and Citizenship (NAP-CC), released by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) reveal that half of the Year 6 and Year 10 students who participated in the sample assessment meet or exceed the...