Religious instruction under review in QLD

Posted on June 7, 2016 
Filed under Australia

sre-curriculum“Religious Instruction (RI) in Queensland’s state schools will be reviewed after a school principal raised concerns that teaching materials are proselytising students. It’s the first time a review of this nature has been called in the state.

The review, announced by the QLD Minister for Education Kate Jones today, comes after a local Brisbane principal told parents he had decided to axe religious instruction classes immediately after reviewing the materials and finding that, in his belief, they “proselytised” students. …

Matthew Keong, the principal at Windsor State School in Brisbane’s north, sent a letter to parents on Friday outlining his decision to stop the program. The materials used in his school were from the ‘Connect’ program, published by Youthworks Media (a Sydney Anglican ministry).”

– Report by Kaley Payne at Bible Society Australia,