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February 28, 2018 2 Comments ADMlN

The right to opt out of the State Religious Education course in ETB secondary schools

The new Directive issued by the Department of Education gives practical application to the right of all students to opt out of Religious Education. That is not a new right. It was already there, but it was not properly implemented. The new part of this directive is not the right ...

February 19, 2018 No Comments Michael Nugent

New directive on religious instruction will change the culture of ETB schools

Atheist Ireland welcomes the Department of Education’s new directive on religious instruction in second-level ETB schools. It is the most significant recognition of the constitutional and human rights of atheist, minority faith, and secular families in Irish schools since Atheist Ireland was founded. These rights have always existed, and now ...

February 14, 2018 No Comments Teach Dont Preach

Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance, Ahmadi Muslims welcome opt-out from religion in ETB schools

Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, welcome the report of a proper opt-out from religious instruction in State-run ETB schools, with alternative subjects being offered at the start of the year instead of students being forced to sit at the back of ...

February 14, 2018 No Comments Teach Dont Preach

Atheist Ireland welcomes proposed opt-out from religious instruction in ETB schools

Finally, in ETB schools, a proper opt-out from religion seems about to happen, with alternative subjects being offered at the start of the year, based on proposals that Atheist Ireland has been intensively lobbying for in recent years. The Irish Times has seen records of a coming Ministerial Circular that ...

January 31, 2018 No Comments Teach Dont Preach

Minister for Education to review ETB schools paying Catholic Church to train students to evangelise

The Minister for Education has told Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger that he will review the practice of ETB schools paying the Roman Catholic Church to train students in faith leadership. Last month Atheist Ireland revealed details of these controversial courses, that train some students to evangelise others, through our freedom ...

January 19, 2018 No Comments Teach Dont Preach

Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB schools help Catholic Church to evangelise students, teachers and principals

After a successful crowdfunding campaign, Atheist Ireland has been able to meet the high Freedom of Information fees being charged by the ETB Sector, in order to access public documents (much of which should already have been published by the ETBs on their websites). The more ETBs that we look ...

January 16, 2018 1 Comment Teach Dont Preach

Kildare Wicklow ETB schools encourage pupils to deepen faith, tell parents to supervise pupils who leave religion class

Atheist Ireland has recently completed a crowd funding campaign, which has allowed for access to public documents within the ETB Sector, despite the very high fees that have been charged (including for documents that should already be published on the websites of the ETBs). We believe that our campaign in ...

January 15, 2018 1 Comment Teach Dont Preach

FOI documents reveal Atheist Ireland’s impact on review of religion in ETB schools

Based on new documents obtained under Freedom of Information Act, and on our meeting with the Department of Education last month, Atheist Ireland is optimistic that the Minister for Education will soon issue a Circular Letter about the timetabling of religion in ETB schools, that we requested the Minister to ...

December 29, 2017 No Comments Teach Dont Preach

Catholic Diocesan Advisors behave like the School Inspectorate in ETB schools

In ETB schools and colleges, Catholic Diocesan Advisors behave like the School Inspectorate of the Department of Education & Skills. The Diocesan Advisors run an annual seminar and in-service days for religion teachers who teach in State-run ETB schools. They also provide schools with endless documents for the Religion classes ...

December 28, 2017 No Comments Teach Dont Preach

ETB schools pay Accord to deliver Catholic sex education

Following our recent crowdfunded campaign of FOI requests, Atheist Ireland has discovered that ETB schools and colleges are not only integrating Catholic sex education into Relationship and Sexuality Education, but they are paying the Catholic group Accord to deliver this teaching. ETBs are Education and Training Boards. They are state ...