Expulsion threat for pupils who won’t pray

January 27, 2014

Evidence submitted to MSPs claims headteachers are trying to remove children or pressure them into switching school if they exercise their right to opt out of religious observance at denominational schools. And dozens of schools are failing to adequately inform parents about their rights when it comes to deciding whether or not to take part in religious aspects of the curriculum, writes James Millar in The Sunday Post

 

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