Integrating the teaching of world religions and ethics into primary
schools is now being explored after a Catholic backlash against
introducing it as a stand-alone subject.
The plan is to weave such teaching and learning into a restructured
primary curriculum, which the National Council for Curriculum and
Assessment (NCCA) is currently working on.
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