Yesterday Alan Johnson backtracked on government plans to ensure a measure of integration in religious schools after significant pressure from the Christian community largely the Catholic Church.
Today we find that is it possible that the House of Lords will try to reinstate the provision in the education bill. Unfortunately it seems to be for the wrong reasons i.e. fear of the potential influence of Islamic schools. I don't go so far as to suggest that Lord Baker is Islamiphobic but some might. The British Humanist Association is supporting the effort. Strange bedfellows.
The only true way to address the problem is the total removal of religious schools from the public education sector. This then provides faith schools the latitude to discriminate in selection and curriculum while still providing a measure of public subsidy in the form of charitable status.
Today we find that is it possible that the House of Lords will try to reinstate the provision in the education bill. Unfortunately it seems to be for the wrong reasons i.e. fear of the potential influence of Islamic schools. I don't go so far as to suggest that Lord Baker is Islamiphobic but some might. The British Humanist Association is supporting the effort. Strange bedfellows.
The only true way to address the problem is the total removal of religious schools from the public education sector. This then provides faith schools the latitude to discriminate in selection and curriculum while still providing a measure of public subsidy in the form of charitable status.
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