The country’s largest provider of religious instruction in schools has stood down three volunteers for teaching pupils their own beliefs.
Churches Education Commission (CEC) chief executive Simon Greening said he removed the three volunteer teachers for deviating from the organisation’s strict code of expectations, and that there may have been others around the country.
In the latest of the three Auckland incidents this year, Mr Greening said a teacher of the Christian-based weekly class at a South Auckland primary school was investigated following a complaint two months ago for an “inappropriate” Bible lesson on Adam and Eve.