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LONDON, ENGLAND, October 30, 2004: A new report prepared by the British Government has suggested that by the age of 16, students should have a working knowledge and understanding of at least six principal religions. Quoting extensively from the report, The Telegraph says that apart from studying Christianity, the other five principal religions in Britain that need to be taught to students to give them a secular world view “where appropriate” are, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. The first national framework for religious education, which sets out the principles all state schools should follow, said that by the age of 16, pupils needed to have “encountered in sufficient depth” Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. They should also have had opportunities to study other religious traditions such as the Baha’i faith, Jainism and Zoroastrianism, and secular philosophies such as humanism. The report further focuses on the need for students to be encouraged to reflect on “the important contribution religion can make to community cohesion and the combating of religious prejudice and discrimination.”

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