Congratulations and great work FIRIS. There is officially no viable market for SRI in Victoria. theage.au/national/education/religious-instruction-faces-massive-enrolments-drop-funding-uncertainty-20141220-12a1p0.html The future of special religious instruction in government primary schools is in doubt, with state funding uncertain and new data revealing that fewer than one in six students are enrolled in the program. The popularity of the weekly 30-minute classes fell dramatically in the past six months – from 92,808 students to 53,361 – a 42 per cent plunge in enrolments in less than a year. The new Education Department figures are the latest blow to the main provider of religious instruction, chaplaincy organisation Access Ministries, and more bad news could be on the way. Lara Wood, a spokesperson for the Fairness in Religion in School group, said the grassroots organisation would not rest until religious instruction was removed entirely. SRI is a dying program, and we are here to make sure that happens sooner rather than later, she said. The numbers speak for themselves. It is simply not wanted.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 14:35:56 +0000
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