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Australian State's Schools Will Add Humanism As Alternative Class

By Howard M. Friedman

In the Australian state of Victoria, public grade-schools allot 30 minutes per week to religious instruction taught by accredited volunteers. Students now have a choice of classes taught by Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Baha'i instructors. The Age reported yesterday that the state's accrediting agency is about to approve a curriculum approved by the Humanist Society of Victoria as yet an additional alternative. Access Ministries, the group that accredits some 3500 Christian volunteer instructors, objects saying that Humanism is not a religion and should not be taught in the time allocated for religious education. [Thanks to Scott Mange for the lead.]

Full post as published by Religion Clause on December 15, 2008 (boomark / email).