16 February 2010

Many schools making religious concessions

Although some politicians' ire was raised over mothers-only meetings, many schools make concessions based on a student’s religion

Gender-segregated school meetings, special washrooms, prayer rooms and days off for holy days are just some of the concessions many of the nation’s primary and secondary schools have been making for students of non-Christian religions.

.... Politiken took the survey after the issue made headlines recently when Holberg School in Copenhagen held a ‘mothers-only’ meeting. School administrators said this was because some Muslim fathers would not allow their wives to attend the regular meetings in the company of other men. [The Copenhagen Post] Read more