Rejected petition Remove the requirement from schools to have a "broadly Christian" influence.

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This petition is to repeal the clauses of the Education Acts that specify that schools should have collective worship of "wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character" (Education Reform Act 1988, Part 1, Section 2, Point 7)

In practice, this has led to Chaplains being part of a school's make-up, giving children only one viewpoint in our multi-faith, multicultural society.

The petition calls for this to end- restricting Religion and faiths to the Religious Education classrooms in all non-denominational state schools, and giving the Education system an unbiased position in the teaching of faith.

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Date submitted 7 March 2012
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