Campaigners claim children 'at risk of ignorance...or even bigotry' without good religious education

Children are at risk of becoming ignorant, or even bigoted, if they are not given a decent religious education, taught by good teachers, an education body in the UK has warned.

Youngsters should not have to go through life basing their knowledge and understanding of different faiths and cultures on "sources that perpetuate inaccurate and misleading stereotypes", according to the Religious Education Council of England and Wales.