- Religious Exercises
- Religious Instruction
The Public Schools Act states that public schools shall be non-sectarian. Religious exercises may only be conducted where a petition asking for such exercises (signed by the parents/guardians of 75% of the students in the case of a school having fewer than 80 students or by the parents/guardians of at least 60 students in schools having an enrolment of 80 or more students) is presented to the school board.
Religious Exercises are to be conducted in a particular school only after the requirements of subsection 84(8) of The Public Schools Act have been met, a petition has been directed to the local school board, and the school board instructs that school to make the necessary arrangements.
Once religious exercises are instituted by petition in a school, only those children whose parents/guardians have signed the petition may participate (opt-in process is required). Petitions respecting religious exercises must be received by the school board each school year, and be on a school by school basis.
Teachers and other staff are not compelled to conduct or supervise religious exercises. Participation by staff must be voluntary. If teachers and other staff are unwilling to conduct or supervise such exercises, alternate arrangements must be made. This may involve requesting members of the parents’ group petitioning for the exercises to conduct the activity themselves. The principal will be responsible for determining the appropriate supervisory arrangements.
Where petitioned, religious exercises are to be held each teaching day, and shall be no longer than ten minutes in duration. The exercises are not to be held during regular instructional time. Instructional time is to be preserved and religious exercises held either prior to the start of the school day or during noon recess.
The Public School Act allows for religious instruction in schools. This is reflected in The Public Schools Act, Sections 80-83. Instruction in religion may be conducted in any school in Manitoba if authorized by a by-law passed by the school board. It is important to note that there is a distinction between religious instruction and religious exercises.
School boards are required to pass a by-law authorizing religious instruction if a petition is presented to the school board. The parents or guardians of at least 10 children attending a school having one or two classrooms must sign the petition. For a school having three or more classrooms the parents or guardians of at least 25 children attending the school must sign the petition.
Authorized religious instruction, may take place during school hours and on such days as approved by the school board by-law, but shall not exceed 2 ½ hours per week. The instruction shall be conducted by a clergyman, priest, rabbi or other spiritual leader or by a representative of parents recognized by the school board as constituting a religious group or by any person including a teacher, duly authorized by such clergyman, priest, rabbi or other spiritual leader.
Where the parent or guardian of a pupil who is under the age of majority does not want the child to participate in the religious instructions or where an age of majority student does not want to participate in the religious instruction, they must be excused from participating therein.
- Mazoezi ya kidini - Mafundisho ya kidini Sheria ya Shule za Umma inasema kwamba shule za umma zitakuwa zisizo za madhehebu. Maadhimisho ya kidini yanaweza kufanywa tu wakati ombi linaloomba mazoezi kama hayo (linalotiwa saini na wazazi au walezi wa asilimia 75 ya wanafunzi katika kesi ya shule yenye wanafunzi chini ya 80 au na wazazi au walezi wa angalau wanafunzi 60 katika shule zilizo na wanafunzi 80 au zaidi) limewasilishwa kwa bodi ya shule. Shule ya msingi ya shule ya msingi inaweza kuanzishwa baada ya kukamilika kwa masharti ya kifungu cha 84 (8) cha Sheria ya Shule za Umma, ombi limeelekezwa kwa bodi ya shule ya eneo hilo, na bodi ya shule inaagiza shule hiyo kufanya mipango muhimu. Mara baada ya mazoezi ya kidini kuanzishwa kwa ombi katika shule, tu wale watoto ambao wazazi wao au walezi wamejiunga na ombi (mchakato wa kujiunga inahitajika). Maombi yanayohusu mazoezi ya kidini lazima yapokezwe na bodi ya shule kila mwaka wa shule, na yawe kwenye shule kwa msingi wa shule. Walimu na wafanyakazi wengine hawalazimishiwi kuongoza au kusimamia mazoezi ya kidini. Ushiriki wa wafanyakazi lazima uwe wa hiari. Kama walimu na wafanyakazi wengine hawataki kufanya au kusimamia mazoezi kama hayo, mipango mbadala lazima ifanywe. Hii inaweza kuhusisha kuomba wanachama wa kikundi cha wazazi kuomba mazoezi ya kufanya shughuli wenyewe. Msimamizi atakuwa na jukumu la kuamua mipango sahihi ya usimamizi. Katika kesi ya ombi, mazoezi ya kidini yanapaswa kufanyika kila siku ya kufundisha, na hayatakuwa na muda mrefu kuliko dakika kumi. Mazoezi hayafanyiwi wakati wa mafunzo ya kawaida. Wakati wa kufundisha ni lazima uhifadhiwe na mazoezi ya kidini hufanyika kabla ya kuanza kwa siku ya shule au wakati wa mapumziko ya mchana. Sheria ya Shule ya Umma inaruhusu mafundisho ya kidini shuleni. Hii inaonyeshwa katika Sheria ya Shule za Umma, Sehemu 80-83. Mafundisho ya dini yanaweza kufanywa katika shule yoyote huko Manitoba ikiwa imeidhinishwa na sheria iliyopitishwa na bodi ya shule. Ni muhimu kutambua kwamba kuna tofauti kati ya mafundisho ya kidini na mazoezi ya kidini. Bodi za shule zinahitajika kupitisha sheria inayoruhusu mafundisho ya kidini ikiwa ombi litatolewa kwa bodi ya shule. Wazazi au walezi wa watoto 10 au zaidi wanaohudhuria shule yenye madarasa mawili au zaidi wanapaswa kusaini ombi hilo. Kwa shule zenye madarasa matatu au zaidi, wazazi au walezi wa watoto 25 au zaidi wanaohudhuria shule lazima watie saini ombi. Mafunzo ya kidini ya halali yanaweza kufanywa wakati wa masaa ya shule na siku kama hizo zilizokubaliwa na sheria ya bodi ya shule, lakini haipaswi kuzidi saa mbili na nusu kwa wiki. Mafundisho yatatolewa na kasisi, kasisi, rabi au kiongozi mwingine wa kiroho au na mwakilishi wa wazazi anayetambuliwa na bodi ya shule kama kundi la kidini au na mtu yeyote, ikiwa ni pamoja na mwalimu, aliyeidhinishwa na kasisi, kasisi, rabi au kiongozi mwingine wa kiroho. Ikiwa mzazi au mlezi wa mwanafunzi ambaye ni chini ya umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa umri wa miaka.