Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Kelvin Hopkins (Labour), on Tuesday, 17 February 1998, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.

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JAZZ IN EDUCATION

That this House shares the Government's commitment to raising standards of literacy and numeracy by requiring a dedicated proportion of the school day to be given to the acquisition of those basic skills and draws attention to the connection, which is evidenced by international research, between pupils' achievement in music and improved performance in the schools' core curriculum; further notes that the performing, improvising and composing elements of the music curriculum provide valuable opportunities for jazz education to be fostered in UK schools, which is reflected in a growing number of school based and authority-wide jazz ensembles of steadily improving quality; and calls upon the Government to ensure that its review of the National Curriculum in no way undermines the place of music in general - and jazz in particular - in schools.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

804 

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Curriculum Music Jazz

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk