Religious schools select students in terms of their parents’ religion, which strongly dig trenches around religious divisions in society, as well as preserving socio-economic inequality. This is bad for social cohesion.
Religious schools are also permitted to select their staff (administration, teachers, workers...) on the basis of their religion, which is unfair on applicants and which also hampers the efficiency of the school as a school.
Schools should be places where minds are opened and children encounter ideas they may never come across in the home or elsewhere, so the fact that religious schools are permitted to give religious instruction is bad for society. There are some good practice in teaching in religious schools which is very open; but there are also lessons which are, frankly, designed to transmit an uncritical acceptance of one particular worldview.
I believe in the right of every child to grow up with access to a variety of perspectives so he/she can arrive at his/her own conclusions; I also believe that religion should be taught at home and not at schools. I think this is absolutely wrong. What do you think?
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ReplyDeleteI really liked the topic and the content, and sure schools shouldn't be based on religion in any of its decisions.
Really, it's such a nice topic to talk about. Schools shouldn't be based on religion or religious conditions especially in Lebanon where we have variety of religious communities. most of the people get used to interact and communicate with each other even if they are not from the same religion and sometimes they will have business together and build good relationships between their families. So we should open our minds and go out of these traditions.
ReplyDeleteWe all need to know about God and his superpower, but to be indoctrinated to the point that the sect you belong to believes that children shouldn't string along with friends that do not want to belong to that religion or denomination, this is wrong and that's why religion should be taught at homes and not in school!
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