Religious Education EqIA response

NICVA has written a strongly worded rejection of the Department of Education’s Results of an EQIA of Proposals for a Revised Core Syllabus for Religious Education.

NICVA feels that the report does not adequately reflect our concerns or attribute sufficient weight to our opposition. NICVA's comments are informed by its role as the representative body for the voluntary and community sector and by a vision of society where everyone is treated fairly, where sectarianism and discrimination are not tolerated and where respect for human rights and equality is regarded as the norm.

NICVA would argue that the decision to accept most of the four main churches’ proposals for the revision of the RE syllabus represents a potential breach of human rights and equality legislation, runs counter to the vision of a shared society and undermines the purpose of education.