Atheist Ireland today made the following submission on the Draft General Scheme of an Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Executive Summary 3 Atheist Ireland Conclusions 4 Atheist Ireland Recommendations 5 Head 3 - Requirement that an Admission Policy states that the School will not Discriminate ...
Atheist Ireland is suggesting the following advice for parents and other citizens who are making a submission to the Department of Education’s consultation on promoting greater inclusiveness in primary schools. The Minister for Education is seeking submissions from the public on the following questions. The views expressed will help shape Government ...
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, is seeking submissions on promoting greater inclusiveness in primary schools. Information on the process can be accessed here http://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Conferences/Patronage-and-Pluralism-in-the-Primary-Sector/Call-for-Submissions-on-the-Recommendations-of-the-Advisory-Group-to-the-Forum-on-Patronage-and-Pluralism-in-the-Primary-Sector.pdf The majority of schools in Ireland are religious and the United Nations Human Rights Committee has raised concern regarding the human rights of ...
In their Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Ireland’s Fourth Periodic Report under the ICCPR –(List of Issues Stage) the Irish Human Rights Commission has raised the issue of the human rights of non-faith children in Irish schools. In 2008 the UN Human Rights Committee raised concern regarding ...
Religious discrimination in access to education. The above link is to a paper called ; A discriminating education system: religious admission policies in Irish schools and international human rights law. The research is by Dr. Alison Mawhinney, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Bangor University. The following is an extract ...
This is Atheist Ireland's submission to the Department of Education's discussion paper on a regulatory framework for school enrolment, submitted to the Department in October 2011. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Discrimination and Human Rights 3. The European Convention 4. The Education Act 1998 5. Conclusion (more…)
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