Education Minister Rob Stokes asked to immediately suspend scripture in NSW schools | photos, poll

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated May 18 2021 - 11:17pm, first published January 31 2017 - 11:30am
Dead animal dissection and the scripture class
Dead animal dissection and the scripture class

SCRIPTURE material endorsed by the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and taught to NSW public school children as young as five includes dissecting an animal, encouraging children to have secrets with adults, linking a man’s blindness to his parents’ sins and reminding scripture teachers not to see children with disabilities as “unintelligent”.

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