‘No plans to axe religion from curriculum’

There are no plans to remove the teaching of religion from schools, the Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has insisted.

‘No plans to axe religion from curriculum’

He came under firerecently for suggesting at a principals’ conference that primary teachers might use part of the half an hour a day set aside for the teaching of religion for literacy and numeracy.

But he said he does not want religion removed from the curriculum, as it is an important subject.

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