Faith Schools May Lose the Right to Teach Religion from Their Own Perspective and Be Forced to Tell Pupils More about Other Faiths

MAIL ONLINE: Report says RE should be added to national curriculum / Fears that subject has been marginalised and is being badly taught / Faith schools would be legally required to teach standard syllabus / Currently RE is a compulsory subject but with no agreed content

Faith schools could lose the right to teach their own belief and instead have to give more weight to other religions.

A report by the Religious Education Council for England and Wales says RE has become marginalised and should be added to the national curriculum.

But that would make it a legal requirement for all school to teach the same syllabus, regardless of their faiths.

The report, a three year review of religious teaching in schools, could form the basis of a new curriculum when it is released next week. » | Chris Pleasance | Saturday, October 19, 2013