SMH–Labor to defy churches: ethics classes likely to start next year

Students in…[New South Wales] will be offered ethics classes as an alternative to scripture classes by next year, under a proposal the government is expected to adopt.

The Minister for Education, Verity Firth, will release today the findings of an independent report on a trial of ethics classes held in 10 schools over 10 weeks this year.
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The 102-page report, by Sue Knight and three colleagues at the University of South Australia, recommends the government adopts the ethics classes model used in the trial if it decides to establish the classes.

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One comment on “SMH–Labor to defy churches: ethics classes likely to start next year

  1. palagious says:

    and from where are these ethics derived?