The syllabus, which all schools in the province must teach, alsorequires every Key Stage 4 pupil to learn about Christianity from both aProtestant and a Catholic perspective. The changes will take affect inSeptember 2007 and were co-developed by the Church of Ireland,Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic churches.
NASUWT said the syllabus was an important step forward. Seamus Searson,the union's organiser for Northern Ireland, said: "If it becomes avehicle to help people understand each other that has got to begood."
- www.deni.gov.uk.
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