The Secular Education Network
4 comments | 27.07.12 | simon |
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You have likely heard recent discussion in the media of religion’s place in New Zealand schools. It’s an old issue for sure, but one of great importance. It has gained a lot of publicity and momentum recently due to the excellent work of the Secular Education Network, supported by the NZARH. The SEN Facebook group is particularly active and a great starting point to get involved.
The NZ Atheist Bus Campaign fully supports their efforts in shining light on these opt-out programmes that exploit a loophole in the law to allow Christian beliefs to be taught, without critique, to young, impressionable minds. All of this in our supposedly secular public schools! One kid was told that dinosaurs never existed…
So what can you do to change the system?
The Secular Education Network are having a public meeting tomorrow, on Saturday 28 July, at 5pm, at Rationalist House, 64 Symonds Street, Auckland City.
If you’re a parent, this is a great chance to meet up with other concerned parents and to get support in tackling these issues at your local school. If you’re a concerned member of the public, interested in whether or not NZ kids are told mythology as fact, then this is a perfect chance to meet other like-minded people and support the cause. If you’re not in Auckland, have a read of the page ‘What Can Be Done?’ on the website.





