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NCCA Sex Education Report fails to challenge role of religious ethos
The NCCA has published a draft report of its Review into Relationship and Sexuality Education. It is inviting further feedback from the public. You have until next Friday, 25 October, to make a submission. You can do so at this link. The Draft report fails to challenge the role of ...
A new specification for religious education in Irish schools aims to teach all children about the relevance of religion to their lives, just as the number of couples choosing a religious marriage is consistently decreasing year on year. Last September, a new specification for NCCA Religious Education was introduced in ...
A lesson plan in the Catholic Grow in Love series, for sixth class students, has the students acting out the Bible story about “the woman caught in adultery." This will be taught in about 90% of State-funded primary schools in Ireland, and teachers who want a job in these schools ...
A parent has told us that their local ETB school is teaching Relationship and Sexuality Education through its Religious Education course, taught by its Religious Education teacher. This is for fifth and sixth year students at second level, and the Religious Education course is not an exam subject. You can ...
According to a recent Parliamentary response to a question by Ruth Coppinger, there are 156 Chaplains working in ETB schools, at a cost of €9.8 million to the State. Over half of second level schools are denominational, and most of the rest are defined as multi-denominational State schools with the ...
The Campaign to Separate Church and State case in 1995 is one of the main cases that dealt with religion in Irish schools. The case went to the High Court first and then went on to the Supreme Court. The judgements from the High Court and Supreme Courts are below ...
Today the Irish Times published details of an internal ETBI report that vindicates what Atheist Ireland has been saying for years about the teaching of religion in Education and Training Board schools. ETBs are supposed to be the State-run alternative to denominational schools, but unfortunately many of them are run ...
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