Minister continuing to review texts with racial slurs

Gregory Peck as shown as attorney Atticus Finch in a scene from the 1962 movie "To Kill a Mockingbird." File Picture: AP Photo.

The Department of Education has not ruled out removing novels that include racial slurs from the school curriculum, but work is continuing to create a “broadly balanced” list of texts.

That’s according to Norma Foley, the Minister for Education, who confirmed that the list of prescribed texts studied by secondary school students is under review.