Atheism Ireland lessons taught in some schools

16,000 students Educate Together network may receive tuition
Something moves in Catholic Ireland. Before the summer , Parliament passed what in other countries may seem modest reforms to facilitate abortion but in the republic is an important development to allow a pregnancy to protect the mother 's life . And now comes the schools atheism . Well, at some schools: Educate Together managed and are not attached to any particular faith . Not that reaches atheism, but the opportunity to learn what it is.
The lessons will be based on the so-called Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching about religions and beliefs in public schools , so called because they were approved by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ) under Spanish presidency in this city ​​, one that best represents the importance but also the coexistence of different religions.
Atheist Ireland , responsible for implementing a pilot program in September 2014 , warns on its website that it is "teaching about atheism , not to teach atheism." " Atheist Ireland is now almost five years old and we have established ourselves as part of a social and political discourse on religion and secularism in Ireland and internationally," he explained . "We promote atheism and reason over superstition and supernaturalism and promote an ethical and secular state ." The lessons will last between 30 and 40 minutes and the goal is to extend the 16,000 students of the Educate Together network , which in 2011 was 60 compared to 2,884 schools of the Catholic Church .
The announcement of this pilot program has occurred in parallel with another announcement of comparable importance , if not more : the opening by the Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn , a process of consultation on religious and cultural inclusion in primary schools . That process in turn coincides with the first signs of an agreement by which a Catholic public elementary school , the Christian Brothers of Basil Lane , near Dublin , will be absorbed by Educate Together , which offers education multifé . Even today , 93% of Irish students studying in Catholic schools.
That consultation process seeks to ensure that schools accept students regardless of their religion , conduct policies established schools in relation to religious and cultural celebrations and ensure that their boards of directors reflects the diversity of the local community.