Paganism Taught in Cornish Schools

 

Children in Cornish schools are to learn about paganism and witchcraft, alongside other religions, as part of religious education lessons, according to a new syllabus published recently by the Cornwall Council.

According to the syllabus, 11-to-14-year-olds will have to learn about “the development of modern paganism and its importance for many in Cornwall,” as well as “the importance of pre-Christian sites for modern pagans” and “how modern paganism is diverse and how this diversity is expressed in Cornwall.”

Religious education is a compulsory subject in England, unless parents opt out. Cornish schools will still teach about Christianity for 60 percent of the time, with Islam, Hinduism, paganism and so on filling up the rest.

It is bad enough that multiculturalism dictates that British school children have to study other religions while the nation slides in rankings of important subjects like mathematics and the sciences. Now pupils must be taught about a “religion” which has, according to the Cornish Council, around 600 to 750 adherents in Cornwall.

This may be a small issue—it affects only a handful of lessons in schools in a small part of England—but it is symptomatic of a much bigger problem in British education and British society. Political correctness is put ahead of students’ education.

Discipline has completely broken down, as punishment is not politically correct. Academic selection has been all but outlawed despite its success in elevating students from poorer backgrounds. The British Empire is portrayed as evil, while schools celebrate lgbt history month. The traditional is banished while the weird is celebrated.