INTO Vote To Take Communion And Confirmation Preparation Out Of Classroom

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The majority of primary school teachers believe preparation for Confirmation or Communion shouldn't take place in the classroom. The findings were unveiled at the Irish National Teachers Organisation’s national conference in Galway. Just over one thousand teachers reponsded to this questionnaire by the INMO. Just 4 per cent believe the responsibility of communion and confirmation should take place within schools. The same survey found a third of the teachers taught religion willingly, 20 per cent said they'd prefer if they didn't have to And the same amount said they would prefer not to instruct in only one particular faith. The Catholic Church is currently in charge of nine out of ten primary schools. We sent Adam McCallig out on to the streets of Ennis to find out what people’s views on this are. To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by INTO Vice-President, Brendan Horan, and Principal of St Flannan’s College, Fr Ignatius McCormack. Picture (c) Wokandapix from pixabay via Canva.com