The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education is delighted to launch a call for evidence on the importance and development of Religious Literacy.
The aim of the enquiry is to assess how Religious Literacy can be improved though a range of means including, but not limited to, schools and other formal and informal education settings such as workplace training schemes, life-long learning, media and literature, sports and other leisure activities and community forums.
A consultation period will take place after which the All-Party Parliamentary Group will publish a report and present its findings to the Government.
We would be very grateful if you would consider making a submission as the All-Party Group values highly the opinions and suggestions of all those who contribute to Religious Education.
The APPG invites written submissions from individuals and organisations on the following;
1. What you understand ‘Religious Literacy’ to mean;
2. The ways in which Religious Literacy enriches the lives of individuals and positively affects their engagement with their local community, society and public life;
3. How people learn to be religiously literate through school based education, out-of-school activities, the local community, lifelong learning, media and literature, workplace training schemes and other means;
4. How the development of Religious Literacy in children could be improved within the school context;
5. How the development of Religious Literacy in adults could be improved in formalised education settings such as universities, adult education and workplace training schemes;
6. How the development of Religious Literacy in people of all ages could be improved in settings which are not be considered formal education, such as the local community, out-of-school activities, sports teams, media and literature and other means.
The APPG welcomes submissions to be made in a word document of no more than 1,500 words. It would be helpful if topics are addressed individually, but it is not necessary to consider every topic in your submission. The enquiry will close on the 14th of April 2016 and we request that submissions are sent to penelope.hanton@parliament.uk