Importance Of Morning Prayer In Public Schools

Should public schools begin the day with silent Morning Prayer?

One of the most difficult topics that most countries like South Africa are facing is whether or not public schools be allowed to start the day with a silent morning prayer. Most South African schools have been having Morning Prayer for so many years, but this is a debatable issue as many people have different views about the topic and in this public schools we have diverse people, being the learners or the teachers with different religious views or some non-religious. According to our South African we have the right to a religious choice. Public schools are funded by the government which uses the tax payer’s money that all South Africans pay and not all of them are religious. So I there are many reasons why I believe that morning prayer should not be allowed at public schools

Firstly let’s check the south African religious status, according to census 72% of south Africans follow the Christianity religion, from that 72%, 11.1% are Zionist, 6.8% Methodist, 3.8% of the Anglian religion, 6.7% of the reformed churches and 82% are Pentecostal. Other religions are Muslim at 1.5%, Hindu at 1.2% and 0.2% Jewish according to statsSA census but this doesn’t mean a certain religion should take preference at schools

For those that argue for Morning Prayer at schools, say that our country was built on the religious belief as the core of the

As our constitution agrees that we all should be equal and have the right to practice our own beliefs so let’s all stick to it and let schools be for learning purposes. The Christian parents who wish for their children to have prayer at schools should take their kids to private Christian schools, those of Muslims to private Muslim schools and so do the Jews, Hindus and those of other