Education Minister to repeal 50-year-old religious regulation

Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan is to repeal a 50-year-old regulation which gives religion in primary schools a privileged status.

Education Minister to repeal 50-year-old religious regulation

Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan is to repeal a 50-year-old regulation which gives religion in primary schools a privileged status.

According to 'Rule 68', religious instruction is "a fundamental part" of schooling and "a religious spirit should inform and vivify the whole work of the school".

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