Children’s right to secular education should trump religious patronage

In the debate on school patronage, much has been said about rights, but have you heard anyone mention the rights of the most important people in education, children.

Shouldn’t a child’s right to an education be superior to the right of religious organisations and parents to State-sponsored, faith-based education?

Isn’t it a violation of a child’s human rights that they are converted to a religion that their parents don’t believe in, so as to receive an education?