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Quebec to appeal ethics course exemption
The Quebec government will appeal a Superior Court ruling granting a Jesuit Catholic school the right to opt out of a controversial ethics and morality course, says Premier Jean Charest. Loyola High School in Montreal challenged a provincially required ethics course … Continue reading
U.S. report ties militancy to Pakistan school woes
Pakistan's poor public education system helps stoke militancy, while the religious schools often cited as a cause of extremism appear not to be a major risk factor, says a report by a Washington think tank.WorldThe report, set to be released … Continue reading
Minor
El asesinato del arzobispo Luigi Padovese, presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal turca, abre una inquietante vía de preocupación, por sus incidencias colaterales en la comunidad cristiana heredera de la ortodoxia de Constantinopla. Abordé el tema de la protección de la … Continue reading
Modern and Traditional Teaching Techniques will be applied
The Minister of Religious Affairs hopes that graduates from the Seri Begawan Religious Teachers University College, KUPU SB will be able to practise the modern and traditional teaching techniques as not all of the religious knowledge can be taught using … Continue reading
St. John’s institute to bolster Catholic schools
A St. John's faculty member works with a student from St. Brigid's School in Manhattan. Photo courtesy of St. John's University St. John’s University officials announced the launch of their Institute for Catholic Schools last week, which they said will … Continue reading
Overzealous teachers take fun out of Qur
ABHA: With the Kingdom home to hundreds of Qur’an memorization schools, parents are eager to send their young children, both boys and girls, to these schools to gain religious education, and learn how to recite the Qur’an properly and also … Continue reading
Poland
Polish schools are breaching their obligation to remain silent about the religious denomination of their pupils, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. The ruling was prompted by the fact that Polish teachers simply put a slash in … Continue reading
More than a question of right and wrong
Oblivious to the culture war … Michelia Yu, 10, and Lillian Lockett, 10, in the ethics class at Leichhardt Primary School, which is one of the 10 schools participating in the trial. Photo: Peter RaeWhile adults wrangle over ethics, the … Continue reading
J-QAF gets additional 10,000 teachers
The Education Ministry plans to add 10,000 more teachers for the Jawi, Quran, Arabic Language and Fardu Ain (J-Qaf) programme, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said. He said that currently, there were 14,000 J-Qaf … Continue reading
Islamiyaat for religious education of 96% Muslim students in schools
Malegaon: Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal is probably the only man in the Union Government whose mention irritates the Muslim Ulema. The reason is his over-ambitious project that he calls as ‘Madrasa Reforms’. The contention of the Ulema … Continue reading