Report recommends ending secular schools' collective worship
Nov 14, 2015 23:36:46 GMT
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Post by ignorantianescia on Nov 14, 2015 23:36:46 GMT
The duty of British schools to arrange daily acts of collective worship should be scrapped, a report says.
The study, for the Arts and Humanities Research Council says such acts, which must be Christian in nature, could discriminate against other religions.
It adds there is no clear rationale for the duty, and that parents are often unaware they can withdraw their children from religious assemblies.
The government said collective worship has an important role in schools.
Schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are required to provide daily acts of collective worship.
If the school is a faith school, these acts must be in line with the specific religion.
www.bbc.com/news/education-34802820
That sounds good to me. Even granted that an opt-out is available, I don't see much point to having broadly Christian assemblies as the default for non-religious schools.
The study, for the Arts and Humanities Research Council says such acts, which must be Christian in nature, could discriminate against other religions.
It adds there is no clear rationale for the duty, and that parents are often unaware they can withdraw their children from religious assemblies.
The government said collective worship has an important role in schools.
Schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are required to provide daily acts of collective worship.
If the school is a faith school, these acts must be in line with the specific religion.
www.bbc.com/news/education-34802820
That sounds good to me. Even granted that an opt-out is available, I don't see much point to having broadly Christian assemblies as the default for non-religious schools.