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<p>Teaching the history of the Holocaust is a compulsory part of the history curriculum
at Key Stage 3 in maintained schools in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department provides
funding to University College London’s Institute of Education’s Centre for Holocaust
Education to train teachers on how best to teach pupils about the Holocaust. In addition,
it funds the Holocaust Educational Trust to run the Lessons from Auschwitz project
which provides educational visits for teachers and sixth form students to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau.</p><p>
</p><p>In October 2018, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced
funding of £1.7 million for a new programme to commemorate the 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary
of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.</p><p> </p><p>Education is a devolved matter,
and approaches to Holocaust education may differ in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.</p><p>
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