On 13 February 2026, a joint meeting Management and Supervisory Boards of Polish Union of Education combined with a solemn, annual meeting of Council of the Centre for Educational and Scientific Excellence of PUE were held. The subject of the meeting of the Boards were:

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CENTRE OF DIDACTIC AND SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE OF THE POLISH EDUCATIONAL UNION ON 13 FEBRUARY 2026

< TEACHERS' CLUBS (PUE EDUCATIONAL CLUBS)

In the discussion, the tension between building the organizational structure and preserving the relational core of the Clubs was clearly resounding. Attention was drawn to the risk of the so-called "apparent growth trap" – a situation in which small, valuable communities merge into increasingly larger structures (federations, international projects), which facilitates fundraising, but at the same time generates administrative growth and distances them from the essence of action.

The need to:
a) maintaining the relational and community character of the Clubs,
b) avoid transforming them into a grant structure,
c) develop a clear position on the role of social media and online forms (how to use their potential without losing direct contact and quality of discussion).

In the context of information overload of young people and fragmentation of attention, there was a suggestion that Clubs could become a space for in-depth reflection and conversation about values – something that is clearly lacking in the current educational ecosystem.

< INTERNATIONAL RECTORS' CONFERENCE
The second block of discussion concerned the meaning and direction of the planned International Rectors' Conference. The key question was not technology as such, but the identity of the university. The following theses were expressed:
a) economization of higher education (university as a company, student as a customer, diploma as a product) leads to the erosion of the meaning of the institution,
b) in the era of universal access to information and the development of artificial intelligence, the classic functions of universities (access to knowledge, networks and certification) are weakened,
c) the importance of forming attitudes, identity, responsibility, culture and academic integrity is growing.

It has been repeatedly emphasized that the problem of abuse or use of AI is not only a technological problem, but an axiological one. There was a postulate that the conference should not be another event about tools, but should become a place of reflection on the fundamental question: what is a university in the 21st century.
It also highlights the potential importance of the European value perspective as a differentiator against purely market-based models operating in other parts of the world.

< COMPREHENSIVE REPAIR OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
The third important theme was a proposal inspired by the Dutch experience (the model of the Dekker Commission). Statements in this area were an example of systemic thinking, going beyond ad hoc "extinguishing fires".
It was diagnosed that both health care and education are dominated by a model of fragmented changes, subordinated to current political conditions.

An alternative was proposed in the form of:
a) above the political, expert commission,
b) a comprehensive analysis of international best practices,
c) evolutionary (not revolutionary) implementation of solutions,
d) a perspective covering the entire human life cycle.

Although the topic concerned health, it obviously has a dimension analogous to the challenges facing the education system and higher education.