Vampires and Pagans want permission to practise at schools
Alternative religions have apparently ask to be allowed to practise and recruit pupils in schools.
TWO non-mainstream groups have apparently requested to meet with Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng’s MEC for education. It is believed that they will ask to be allowed to practise their religion and recruit pupils in schools.
According to a report on the Sowetan Live website, Mr Lesufi told the newspaper that the groups had approached him at a religious forum.
“Because of the risk and the danger involved, I declined. But I agreed to a one-on-one meeting with them and I’m going to meet them when the schools reopen,” he said.
The Sowetan adds in its report that it understands that the groups, the Pagans and the Vampires respectively, also approached the previous MEC for education, Barbara Creecy with the same request.
The report goes on to say that the department previously fought the matter in court as the groups argued it was their constitutional right to practise their religion in schools.
According to the Gauteng Schools Education Act, says the report, each school should have a religious policy established by the school governing body after consultation and approval by the department.
It adds that the act does, however, recommend that ‘harmful religions’ be excluded from schools.
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