The parliamentary acts to reform the education system, which abolish middle (junior high) schools and change the national curriculum, were voted in by the Sejm in December and signed by the President in January, but continue to fuel controversy and anxiety in various quarters, not all of them political. Those Polish people who have heard about this reform are very divided as to the changes it will bring to education. One third of respondents (34%) are more hopeful than anxious about the reform and an almost equal percentage (31%) has mixed feelings in this respect, while over a quarter (27%) are more anxious than hopeful.

Worries concerning the education reform arise, among other things, from the belief that it has not been prepared properly. Although half of those who have heard about the changes planned for the education system think that they are going in the right direction (51% as against 33% with the opposite opinion), still the most frequently expressed view about the preparation of the education reform is that it has not been prepared well (44% as against 28% who think the opposite).

More on this subject in the CBOS report.