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From before the Party's founding, the first generation of Party leaders and cadre understood socialism not as a mere economic system but as a holistic way of life for a people, and put the social and cultural dimensions of socialist praxis at the centre of Kirosocialist ideology. From the outset, the Party placed great emphasis on education, both in the sense of political and ideological formation of Party members and in the sense of public education, viewing it as the primary instrument for building a new socialist culture. | From before the Party's founding, the first generation of Party leaders and cadre understood socialism not as a mere economic system but as a holistic way of life for a people, and put the social and cultural dimensions of socialist praxis at the centre of Kirosocialist ideology. From the outset, the Party placed great emphasis on education, both in the sense of political and ideological formation of Party members and in the sense of public education, viewing it as the primary instrument for building a new socialist culture. | ||
During single-party rule every accredited university was required to have a Department of Marxism or (later) Department of Socialist Sciences, which was responsible for teaching classical Marxist texts and key Kirosocialist writings, and for conditioning students to apply Marxist and Kirosocialist theoretical lenses to other fields of study. Basic courses in Marxism were required for all undergraduate students. Only a handful of such academic departments remain. | During single-party rule every accredited university was required to have a Department of Marxism or (later) Department of Socialist Sciences, which was responsible for teaching classical Marxist texts and key Kirosocialist writings, and for conditioning students to apply Marxist and Kirosocialist theoretical lenses to other fields of study. Basic courses in Marxism were required for all undergraduate students. Only a handful of such academic departments remain; the last surviving faculty titled 'Department of Marxism' is at [[Devahoma Agricultural & Mineral University]]. | ||
{{Quote box|width=25em|align=right|bgcolor=ivory|quote=The Party strengthens the building of socialist spiritual civilization by promoting education in high ideals, ethics, general knowledge, discipline and legality, and by promoting the formulation and observance of rules of conduct and common pledges by various sections of the people in urban and rural areas. The Party advocates the civic virtues of love for the Home Island, for the People, for Labour, for science and for Socialism.|source= — Article 11 of the First Manifesto}} | {{Quote box|width=25em|align=right|bgcolor=ivory|quote=The Party strengthens the building of socialist spiritual civilization by promoting education in high ideals, ethics, general knowledge, discipline and legality, and by promoting the formulation and observance of rules of conduct and common pledges by various sections of the people in urban and rural areas. The Party advocates the civic virtues of love for the Home Island, for the People, for Labour, for science and for Socialism.|source= — Article 11 of the First Manifesto}} | ||