‘Teach religion and worldviews instead of RE’
by Judith Burns, BBC News:
Religious education in England’s schools should be renamed Religion and Worldviews to reflect the diversity of modern Britain, say experts.
The subject should include non-religious worldviews as well as major faiths, says the Commission on Religious Education final report.
It follows research suggesting at least a quarter of schools break the law on teaching RE.
Without an overhaul, the subject could wither, the authors warn.
The independent Commission was set up two years ago by the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, amid growing concerns about the quality of RE lessons.
These include:
- Fears that poor RE could leave pupils ignorant or bigoted
- Evidence that growing numbers of schools do not teach RE
- Ofsted’s finding that RE is less than good in about half of schools
The commission’s report confirms that the quality of RE in schools is “highly variable”.
See also: Report from The Independent here
And related:
Church in crisis as only 2% of young adults identify as C of E, by Harriet Sherwood, Guardian
Young evangelists to be recruited after success in mission training course, from CEN
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