The General Secretary of Education & Training Boards Ireland has told Atheist Ireland that the issues we raised last week about the teaching of religion represent "an undoubted challenge for the ETB sector." Meanwhile, the Principal of one ETB school has told a parent that she doesn’t run the school, and that ...
In recent weeks, Atheist Ireland has researched hundreds of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the NCCA (National Council for Curriculum and Assessment) about how it devised the State Religious Education course at second level. This Religious Education course is supposed to be for all religions and none. ...
An article in the Irish Times today reports that there is not enough space in the Primary school Curriculum for the proposed new course on ERB and Ethics (Education about Religions, Beliefs and Ethics). The INTO and various bodies and individuals have raised these concerns. The proposal is that the ...
Irish State runs "multi-denominational" religious ethos schools on bishops' behalf Education & Training Boards manage religious schools on behalf of the Catholic Church. Designated Community Colleges are religious and operate with a religious ethos. These Colleges are under the full patronage of Education and Training Boards and operate under the ...
Religious Worship and Instruction in ETB non – designated Community Colleges All Education and Training Board (ETB) non-designated Community Colleges at second level are obliged to ensure that there is religious worship and instruction in the college. These Community Colleges are referred to as State multi-Denominational colleges. They are also ...
Religious Crests on school uniforms symbols of discrimination Atheist Ireland welcomes the comments of the Anglican Archbishop of Dublin regarding religious crests on school uniforms. In an article in the Sunday Independent Archbishop Michael Jackson (Anglican Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough) said there should be "scope for negotiation" around the ...
Irish law effectively prohibits non-denominational secular schools based on human rights, despite the Irish Government telling the UN Human Rights Committee last month that there are no obstacles to establishing such schools in Ireland. The Government did outline two requirements to the UN, that the Government seemingly doesn't consider to ...
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