State education systems in Sahelian countries do not teach religious education, which is provided by the informal sector. This article is a rst attempt to quantitatively study how this dual educational system works and whether the potential competition between both systems is a key factor behind low primary school enrolment in Senegal. The analysis is based on a unique national dataset covering...

The Effectiveness of Religious Teachings Presented in the “Religion and Life” Textbook of the 2nd Grade of High School from Students’ Point of View I. Motaghizadeh, Ph.D. H.  Yaghoubi, M.A. The present research aimed to examine the effectiveness of religious teachings presented in the “Religion and Life” Textbook of the 2nd grade of high scho...

California Senate Bill 277’s Grandfather Clause andNonmedical Vaccine Exemptions in California, 2015-2022 On June 25, 2015, California’s governor approved Senate Bill (SB) 277, a state law that substantially narrows exceptions to school-entry vaccination mandates. The law goes into effect on July 1, 2016, and California will join Mississippi and West Virginia as the third state to disallownonme...

According to the ECHR, parents have right their children educated in conformity with own religious and philosophical convictions. In this contribution, we examine how passive freedom of education is granted Belgian (Flemish) Dutch systems, which are both characterised by substantial funding non-governmental (mainly Christian) schools. order do so, will a closer look at diversity between denomin...

any states are considering programs that would provide vouchers for (low-income) children to attend private schools because policymakers believe that traditional reforms—such as reducing class sizes—will not fix an educational system that is “broken.” Advocates of vouchers argue that teachers’ unions and bloated bureaucracies impede such reforms from reaching the classroom and increasing studen...

A mong the many reforms proposed for K–12 education are changes in governance that would increase the power of parents to choose schools and thereby make the education system function more like a market. Within this set of reforms, which also includes offering greater choice among public schools and the opportunity to establish public “charter” schools, school voucher programs are particularly ...

Rural schools, especially Christian-named government schools situated in Muslim-dominated states Nigeria, have experienced spates of violence, and this has caused a loss lives property. This paper examines the perceptions parents teachers on presence hijabs secondary Nigeria. The uses qualitative method to investigate how stakeholders perceive hijab crisis its implications for religious crises ...

This paper reports on a survey completed by Chaplains, Religious Education and Student Welfare Coordinators in State, Catholic and Independent schools in Victoria. Results from this survey support the model of spiritual well-being, which was seen to be reflected in the quality of relationships that people develop with themselves, others, the environment, and with a Transcendent Other. The staff...