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New primary school curriculum makes evolution a mandatory science topic

Nation Secular Society
Posted: November 19, 2009.
Published: November 20, 2009.

Print: National Secular Society

A new curriculum for primary schools in maintained (publicly-funded) schools in England makes the teaching of evolution a mandatory topic in science lessons. On the other hand, the law still requires Religious Education to be taught, something that is routinely used as a tool for proselytising.

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