Religious Practice

Last updated: Mon, Sep 1st, 2014 8:23:42 pm

The Principal of a Community School is explicitly required to facilitate religious worship. Principals of Comprehensive Schools may have no such explicit imperative, but there is an implicit requirement that they do so.

In the normal course of school life, worship covers religious services and group prayer, which are formally organised, as well as opportunities for individual prayer and reflection. To meet more fully their obligations in this regard, many schools have provided oratories or meditation rooms.

As the school going population becomes more international, it is inevitable that schools will become more multi-denominational with the consequent obligation on school management to provide an increased amount of diverse religious education. If the religion of a student requires that s/he wear a particular form of dress – headscarf, turban, veil etc, schools are advised to accommodate them unless there is reason to believe that such dress would interfere with the work of the school or proper communication with the student.