Keep religion out of schools - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 01 Oct 2018 03:38:48 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Keep religion out of schools - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Signed consent needed to allow religious instruction in schools https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/10/01/signed-consent-religious-instruction-schools/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 06:54:16 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=112448 Primary and intermediate schools will have to ask families for their consent to teach religious instruction - and provides alternatives for those who refuse - if new guidelines are adopted. They would also have to be explicit about what will be taught and whether it endorses a particular faith, draft guidelines released by the Ministry of Read more

Signed consent needed to allow religious instruction in schools... Read more]]> Primary and intermediate schools will have to ask families for their consent to teach religious instruction - and provides alternatives for those who refuse - if new guidelines are adopted.

They would also have to be explicit about what will be taught and whether it endorses a particular faith, draft guidelines released by the Ministry of Education Read more

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Signed consent needed to allow religious instruction in schools]]> 112448 Students punished for opting out of religious studies https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/04/29/students-punished-for-opting-out-of-religious-studies/ Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:07:28 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=24190 Parents of public school students say their children are effectively being punished for not attending religious studies. Schools are legally obliged to be secular, but under the Education Act they are allowed to close for an hour a week for religious instruction, as long as children can opt out. Peter Harrison, the founder of Facebook Read more

Students punished for opting out of religious studies... Read more]]> Parents of public school students say their children are effectively being punished for not attending religious studies.

Schools are legally obliged to be secular, but under the Education Act they are allowed to close for an hour a week for religious instruction, as long as children can opt out.

Peter Harrison, the founder of Facebook group Keep Religion Out of Schools, says children that opt out of religious studies often feel isolated and are left with nothing to do.

"They are effectively treated the same as in detention," Harrison says.

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