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Should religious groups receive state funding for their schools?
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Should religious groups receive state funding for their schools? Give reasons for your answer. This essay explores the reasons, historical and political, for the funding of 'faith schools' and discusses the options and opinions held current in the subject. A 'faith school' is one which has a relationship with one of the major religions. Sometimes these schools are 'private' and funded from parental contribution and church donations, but nowadays many receive all or a significant part of its funding from the state. In Great Britain there are many state funded faith schools but this is not the case in many other countries, which regard religion as a private matter. There are around 7,000 state-funded schools operated by religious groups in England and Wales - 6,400 primary and 600 secondary. Of these, 6,955 are Church of England, Roman Catholic or Methodist. The rest consist of 36 Jewish schools, six Muslim, two Sikh,...
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