UK kids as young as 4 to be taught atheism
March 30th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANILondon, March 30 (ANI): Four-year-old school pupils in UK will be taught atheism in a bid to make them “citizens of the world”.
Education bosses in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, have radically restructured the RE syllabus to accommodate non-religious beliefs.
Youngsters will continue to learn about the six major faiths - Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism - but they will also be taught humanism, the belief that there is no God or Gods, and that moral values are founded on human nature and experience.
The move recognises that more than 10,000 people in the borough do not have any religious beliefs. Both primary and secondary school pupils will be included in the shake-up.
“We really must recognise that some people do not believe in God and do not have a religious background,” the Daily Mail quoted Fiona Moss, from RE Today, which helped create the new syllabus, as saying.
“We have to make children aware of non beliefs.
‘We want to support children to engage and enthuse them about RE to become good citizens in Blackburn and the world.
“The aim is for them to be confident wherever they settle,” Moss added. (ANI)
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