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Tequila
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24 Apr 2013, 6:11 pm

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Integrated education is ignored amid slew of suggestions

More than 92% of children in Northern Ireland attend either Catholic schools or schools that are mainly attended by Protestant children, according to the findings of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Shared Education.

But the 152-page document does not outline a step-by-step plan on how more schools – Catholic and controlled, predominantly attended by children from a Protestant background – can increase their level of collaboration to tackle the sectarian divide.

The Advancing Shared Education report also makes no recommendations on how many of Northern Ireland's 1,050 primary and post-primary schools should participate in sharing by the end of 2014.


Integrated education is the way to go.

I think part of the problem these days is not to do with religion per se (Northern Ireland seems increasingly secular, or even non-religious, these days) but is really down to breaking down the ethno-nationalist communal boundaries. It's those that need to be broken and not necessarily religion. Although it does obviously play a part.

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24 Apr 2013, 6:19 pm

In my view there has to be reconciliation between parents and they need to change how they are raising their kids. A lot of my generation (the last ones who actually can remember the troubles) are now having kids and sadly, still are passing on the hatred and suspicion and awful attitudes that their fathers gave them.

Before you put protestant and catholic kids together you need to give them a different basis before you put them in a shared school where they will kick seven bells out of each other. Otherwise it will be complete chaos.


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24 Apr 2013, 11:13 pm

Myself I can't get it,I grew up in a neighborhood that was both.Many people with money sent their kids to parochial school.I was raised Episcopalian but went to mass with Catholic friends.As long as it wasn't Baptists telling me I was going to hell for being sprinkled I don't get it.Why hate someone for their beliefs?????
I would like to visit Ireland,but are my religious beliefs going to cause a problem?I'm pretty sure my ancestors were protestants,would folks dislike me for that???I could care less what a person's beliefs are,that's private.And I'm Buddhist/ pagan.


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24 Apr 2013, 11:58 pm

Probably a question for someone in Northern Ireland, I only know what I hear but I'm not sure it would be good for the children to learn in such a tension filled and potentially even violent environment.