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Auckland schools look to cancel Bible study

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

An Auckland school is planning to cancel Bible Study education in the classroom, while others are planning to review the controversial programme.

Torbay School, on Auckland’s North Shore, will cancel the optional Churches Education Commission Bible in Schools programme, after 40% of parents surveyed voted to discontinue the programme in the school.

In other schools a no vote of 15% has been sufficient to have the optional programme cancelled.

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