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Ban faith jewellery at schools, say
parents
WSN Network
PARIS:
In a move
which is likely to perturb the Sikhs, the mass circulated Readers’
Digest magazine said on the basis of a survey that most parents
polled by it wanted the Muslim headscarves, crucifixes and Sikh
‘kara’ (steel bracelet) should be banned at schools unless they can
be incorporated into the dress code. Eighty-three per
cent feel such religious symbols are unacceptable, while more than
half (52 per cent) of parents also disapprove of faith schools,
according to the poll by Reader’s Digest. The YouGov survey, of 565
parents with children at state school, shows disillusionment with
the comprehensive school system. Parents want more homework to be
set, are in favour of increased testing and would like to be more
involved in their child’s schooling. If they could afford to, 59 per
cent would send their children to private school. The survey is
likely to disturb the Sikhs who are already enraged at the French
efforts to bar the Sikh children from the schools. The Sikh
community ahs taken its case to the European Community Parliament
and may even knock at other human rights forums.
12 September, 2007
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