Should religious groups have separate assemblies in state primary schools?
It’s an impossible situation Skidoo – on the one hand, a school in London might have such a varied Kaleidoscope of faiths and beliefs – but once you go down the road of separating any school activity in the name of religion, you are inherently introducing a form of segregation, whether it is intended or not. Greater minds than mine will come up with a solution, but I would imagine putting up barriers with separate services is not the way forward. I am still unclear why schools need to emphasise religious beliefs – should that not be the responsibility of Mosques, Gurdwaras, Churches and Synagogues as opposed to a state school? EDIT:- Skidoo, I totally agree – but I think a school assemblage should be devoid of any religious impetus purely for this very reason. You cannot possibly, in such a multicultural society, represent the whole of a school with a single religious belief. Inner city schools are effectively microcosms of society with many nationalities. I personally feel the assembl
