AIBU to think we need more inclusive education? If children in a multicultural society such as the UK are educated together surely this promotes more tolerance and better mutual understanding.
So these proposals worry me:
Call to end limit on religious free schools
Considering how divisive and rigid religious attitudes can be, I think it's time to bring children from faith schools into mainstream schools and to encourage these children to mix with more diverse cultures.
Secular schools can still provide fact-based religious education in the classroom and would probably teach their students about a greater range of religions than a faith school would. Parents could, of course, provide a more personal approach to religion for their children outside of school hours if they wanted to.
Let's not further segregate our children by religion.
AIBU to think that reducing (rather than increasing) the number of faith schools in the UK would be far better for our children and far better for our society?