Pupils are flocking to study religious education, a subject which until now has been seen as irredeemably unfashionable and the preserve of the sandal-wearing brigade. Last year an extra 1,000 students took religious studies GCSE, and 800 more opted for the A-level course than the year before.
This often-neglected corner of the curriculum is also enjoying new prominence thanks to Gordon Brown’s recruitment of religious education teachers to the fight against terrorism. He believes that their ability to teach diversity and faith is essential to developing a tolerant society that can resist extremism.
The Prime Minister’s new-found faith in RE comes hot on the heels of another big coup for the subject. Ian Jamison, the flamboyantly-dressed head of RE from Kingsbridge Community College, in Devon, won this year’s secondary school teacher of the year award at the National Teaching Awards.
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From The Independent–Keep the faith: Why religious education is booming
Pupils are flocking to study religious education, a subject which until now has been seen as irredeemably unfashionable and the preserve of the sandal-wearing brigade. Last year an extra 1,000 students took religious studies GCSE, and 800 more opted for the A-level course than the year before.
This often-neglected corner of the curriculum is also enjoying new prominence thanks to Gordon Brown’s recruitment of religious education teachers to the fight against terrorism. He believes that their ability to teach diversity and faith is essential to developing a tolerant society that can resist extremism.
The Prime Minister’s new-found faith in RE comes hot on the heels of another big coup for the subject. Ian Jamison, the flamboyantly-dressed head of RE from Kingsbridge Community College, in Devon, won this year’s secondary school teacher of the year award at the National Teaching Awards.
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