Stats Please
Religion and the Classroom
True or False
100
This percentage of teenagers attend religious services weekly.
What is 33%?
100
This approach is taken when teaching religious studies in a public school.
What is academic -- not devotional.
100
A school should teach students what to believe.
What is false?
200
This is the number of Christian groups in the world.
What is 34 000?
200
This is the 'minimum' religious studies course taught in a public school.
What is World Religions? The reason for this is that religious studies is to be inclusive, not exclusive.
200
Religion plays a role in other school subjects.
What is true? -- (history, politics, art, music, language etc)
300
This is how many school boards there are in Ontario.
What is 72?
300
The function of the school is to do this when it comes to religion.
What is educate?
300
Public schools are required to teach religious studies.
What is false. According to various court rulings in Ontario, public schools are not at all required to teach religion in any form. However, should they do, they must follow the policies set out by the Gov't of Ontario as recommended through court decisions.
400
In 2001, Canada's population was 29,639,035. This is the number of people who have a religious affiliation.
What is approximately 24 738 945.
400
This is the religious garb which Garbaj Singh Multani was not allowed to wear.
What is a kirpan?
400
Publicly funded Religious schools exist in every province.
What is false. Publicly funded Religious schools only exist in a few provinces: Alberta, Ontario, parts of Saskatchewan and the Northwest territories.
500
This is how many Catholic school boards there are in Ontario.
What is 37?
500
This is what Ontario schools are doing when it comes to religion.
What is accomodating?
500
More people oppose funding of Christian schools.
What is true?
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