Features of the state educational policy of democratic countries

The educational policy of states is the main mechanism for the formation of political culture and political consciousness of the younger generation. Under democratic regimes, the educational policy is basing on democratic principles, the main task of which is to create and maintain the true values of civil society. The cornerstone of democratic educational policy is the students' mastery of the foundations of the democratic way of statehood. Educational institutions operating within the framework of the state educational policy of democratic countries embody the main characteristics of democracy, accustoming students to the values of a free civil society.