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Atheists & Agnostics

mr blur

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2. Well, in the British Humanist Association we've been successful in education -

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 05:02 AM

Oct 2015

Evolution now being taught in English primary schools as part of the national curriculum for the first time
From this week, evolution is at last being taught as part of the national curriculum in primary schools across England.

We achieved this policy change in 2013 was the culmination of years of campaigning. Previously, evolution was only taught to pupils aged 14 and up.

BHA was also successful in prompting the Government to ban the teaching of creationism as science in state-funded English schools.

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