UNDERSTANDING MANIFESTO:

1. Author may write acceptance statement about an already published

opinion.
 Acceptance statement means a statement that says YES to any
opinion or idea made by other person.
 For example, you read in Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper in
their Editorial Section that they are against SOGIE BILL. And you
also think the same—you are against SOGIE BILL. You can write
MANIFESTO stating your acceptance statement of the opinion made
by the Philippine Daily Inquirer which means that you say YES to
their stand. By writing your MANIFESTO, you are declaring in the
public your intentions, motives, or views about the SOGIE BILL in
response to the view of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
2. Do your views must always be the same or different from Philippine Daily
Inquirer? The answer depends on your motives and intentions.
 If your intention is the same with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, it
means that you accept their previously published opinion or public
consensus.
 If your intension is different with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, it
means that you did not accept their views; hence, you write to
promote a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out
changes.
3. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as
CREEDS.
4. A manifesto usually accepts a previously published opinion or public
consensus or promotes a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying
out changes the author believes should be made.
5. It often is political or artistic in nature, but may present an individual's life
stance.
6. Etymology
It is derived from the Italian word manifesto, itself derived from the Latin
manifestum, meaning clear or conspicuous. Its first recorded use in
English is from 1620, in Nathaniel Brent's translation of Paolo Sarpi's
History of the Council of Trent: "To this citation he made answer by a
Manifesto" (p. 102). Similarly, "They were so farre surprised with his
Manifesto, that they would never suffer it to be published" (p. 103).[5]

Educational manifestos

Educational manifestos are documents proposing a change or changes to a

current education system.They can be written by governing bodies,
organizations, or individuals involved in education as parents, student,
administrators, or other stakeholders. The writer or writers are positioned as a
minority group, with manifestos aimed at a majority group. Educational
manifestos include personal or group beliefs about what is important or right in
education, make statements about the current state of education, differentiate
common terms in education, and make suggestions for changing current
education systems.
They can often include observations about society and whether or not students
are prepared to participate fully in it when they are finished with mandatory
 schooling. These observations can include a perceived misalignment between
mandatory school and society, an unjust, unfair, or right aspect of education, or
perceived lack of personalization in learning. Other topics that are frequently
addressed in educational manifestos include curriculum, funding,
personalization, class size, teacher burnout, and standardized testing, among
others.
These manifestos may offer a reflection or rethinking of some aspect of
education or teaching and learning.These may include personal stories, quotes,
anecdotes, or experiences in the classroom or administration. The reflection or
rethinking serves to illustrate how or why an aspect of an educational system
requires change. These reflections often remind readers of the importance of
positive, consistent teacher-student relationships in a good education system.
Educational manifestos call for reflection or ‘rethinking' on the part of the
majority in education, offer a reason to hope for change, and make
recommendations to put change into action. Reasons for hope can include
anecdotes from students, teachers, or parents, or a callback to what motivates
teachers and students to teach and learn together. Manifestos written by
individuals frequently conclude by sharing techniques, tactics, or philosophies
that the writer has found helpful in their own teaching or administrative
practice.Those written by groups or organizations include recommendations for
initiating or continuing change in appropriate areas.
Explainer: What is a manifesto? How many types are there apart from the ones
containing poll promises

A manifesto is a published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an

individual, group, political party or government

 It usually contains a previously published opinion or public consensus or

promotes a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out changes the
issuer believes should be made

 It is derived from the Latin word 'manifestum', meaning clear or conspicuous.=

A manifesto is a published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an

individual, group, political party or government. It usually contains a previously
published opinion or public consensus or promotes a new idea with prescriptive
notions for carrying out changes the issuer believes should be made.

Election Manifesto

An election manifesto is the list of promises to citizens which is issued by a

political party. The list shows the ideology of the party and its commitment to
the citizens. It is in the form of a pamphlet or booklet issued to tell people about
the party's programmes and policies.

An election manifesto has the following uses:

(i) The election manifestoes issued by various political parties at the time of
elections enable the voters to know about the policies and programmes of the
parties who are fighting the elections. After studying those manifestoes, the
voters can vote for the party (candidate) of their choice.

(ii) The manifesto of the ruling party tells the people about its achievements
during the last tenure. Similarly, the manifestos of the Opposition parties point
out the failures of the government and mobilise public opinion against them.

(iii) After the elections, the party which is able to get the majority in the
Parliament forms the government. The people can exert their pressure on the
party in power to fulfil the various promises made to the people in its election
manifesto. They are pressed to implement the policy and programmes issued in
their election manifestoes.

Should election manifesto be made a legal document?

There have been arguments on whether election manifestos be made legal
documents so as to hold the political parties accountable to their promises. BJP
MP Varun Gandhi had also spoken in favour of this, saying that since "an
election manifesto serves several purposes in a modern day democracy like
India and helps highlight the potential of a party’s stint in government to
undecided voters, while spelling out the consensus agenda agreed to by the
party’s diversity of ideological and regional special groups", it is important for
political parties to be made accountable for their promises by ensuring a legal
responsibility for their fulfilment.

Varun in this article for Hindustan Times wrote that as an erstwhile Chief Justice
of India had noted, “manifestoes have become a mere piece of paper” and
political parties need to be held accountable for them. "There must be a cost to
unfulfilled manifesto promises, aside from a chance of being voted out of
power," he said. "If democracy is a social contract between those elected and
ordinary citizens, then manifestos should be considered as a legal contract
enshrining a country’s purported development agenda. For the health of India’s
democracy, ensuring accountability for manifestoes remains a key reform to be
pushed."
While a manifesto usually political or artistic in nature, but there are other types
of manifestosas well.
— Manifestos relating to religious belief are referred to as creeds

— Educational manifestos

— Scientific and technological manifestos

— Professional manifestos (pertaining to an individual or organisation)

Major categories of manifestos

— Goal: A goal can be a manifesto when we share it with other people. It’s
public, it’s a declaration and it’s about what one intends to have happened.
— List and Rules: A set of rules for behaving within a specific context or a list of
items to be achieved or tasks to be fulfiled.
— World: This type of manifesto aims to create a new world. It’s not about simple
rules, instead, it presents a vision for the future. A solemn declaration, by the
constituted authorities of a nation, which contains the reasons for its public acts
towards another. On the declaration of war, a manifesto is usually issued in
which the nation declaring the war, states the reasons for so doing.

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