IT has been said in this newspaper before, but it bearsrepeating: faith schools are divisive.
Moreover, in a pluralistic society they work against socialcohesion.
I'm not against teaching children about religion, but I believethat separating children out into their parents' faith groups willdo the UK no favours in the long run.
The bulk of the country's taxfunded faith schools are C of E, butwith these in place there can be no legal or moral impediment to tax-funded schools that cater exclusively for the children of parentswho are of one of the following: Catholic, Baptist, Methodist orPentecostal... the list could go on ad infinitum.
Why have one large school that is neutral on the subject of faithwhen you could have at least six (Christian, Jewish, Islamic,Buddhist, Sikh and Hindu) all busy raising the next generation ofbelievers? If followed to its logical conclusion, faith schoolswould mean meaningless duplications and a more fragmented UK.
I believe that schools should focus on educating our children,and telling those children to follow a faith in particular shouldremain in the hands of parents and places of worship.
John Dear Redwing Drive Billericay
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