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No Religion to English medium students?!

By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai , Dehiwela.

I was horrified to see the news that the English medium students will not be taught Religion and history in future but will be given instead a choice of Western music and Citizenship Education( huh? What's that?) as subjects for G.C.E. O/L in future. (Sunday times of 14.12.2008)

This is gross violation of human rights, to say the least- both to the English medium students and the other medium students.

On one hand how can two groups of students who are sitting for the same exam have different choice of subjects? On the other hand who is the pea brain who came out with this idea that English medium students do not need Religion? If at all it is they who will need Religion most of all, for each language has a culture and English generally has a western culture which is mostly un practicing Religion or atheism, though not necessarily. To top it they want to replace Religion with Western music which will take them even further away from our culture. And these children will not know our History either. What better way to alienate them away from our Srilanka?

I am sure most parents and teachers are going to go up in arms against this order, and this probably will be another case to be filed in the courts. Isn't there an end to the short sighted policies of our politicians?

 

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