Guangxi Kindergarten Shut Down for Christian Curriculum

Guangxi Kindergarten Shut Down for Christian Curriculum
Jul 22, 2015 By eChinacities.com

A kindergarten in Guangxi was recently told by the local court to close its doors after school board investigators discovered that it was using religious bilingual books as part of its curriculum. The school is located in Yufeng, Linzhou.

In a routine check of by the Yufeng Bureau of Education last fall, investigators found that Hualin Foreign Language Experimental Kindergarten was using religious textbooks to teach its students and was advertising itself as a religious school.

The kindergarten, which had been licensed since 2009, said that it is, “committed to Christian education, and letting children grow up knowing God, and having [Him] shape their lives.” The school specifically recruited Christian teachers.

The school was served an “administrative penalty notice,” was asked to stop enrollment, and had its license revoked by the Yufeng Bureau of Education back in September 2014. The kindergarten ignored the local Bureau of Education's orders and a legal battle between the two continued over the next few months.

The Lizhou Department of Education also reviewed the case and upheld the decisions made by the Yufeng Bureau. In May, the Yufeng Bureau sent a summons to the kindergarten telling them to shut down within ten days. Again, the kindergarten ignored the order.

On July 17, the kindergarten was taken to court by the Yufeng Bureau and was finally forced to close its doors.

The Yufeng Bureau of Education accused the school of inserting religious “propaganda,” in its teaching activities and intentionally “forcing,” Christianity on its students.

Using religious material in the classroom in China violates the country's National Education Policy and is a serious offense.

Source: thepaper.cn

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nzteacher80

Teaching ideas like shunning wealth, helping the poor, healing the sick for free and universal brotherly love cannot be accepted. This is a communist country for god's sake. Those ideas have no place here. Dangerous counter-revolutionary nonsense.

Jul 23, 2015 10:45 Report Abuse

dkappy

Religious wars, bigotry, homophobia, sexual suppression, church as a business, brainwashing children, "faith" in that which is not provable and improbable, promotion of a shame culture, false security, removal from personal responsibility, justified crime in the name of "god". Laughable.

Jul 26, 2015 14:16 Report Abuse

Guest14331136

That'd be awesome. I hope Christians start adopting some of those teachings, though I don't think I'll hold my breath waiting for it to happen.

Aug 28, 2015 19:52 Report Abuse

dkappy

I am so happy that China has at least stopped the religious nonsense in schools, people have been poisoned by jesus and his thugs for long enough. Regardless of whether or not it's been banned to make way for communist "values".

Jul 23, 2015 09:23 Report Abuse

Guest2368048

Religions that teach people to listen to their heart is probably the only thing china doesn't steal, not because they have it already though.....

Jul 23, 2015 09:03 Report Abuse

Guest14201290

One of the great things that China do right. Religious "education" if tenfold worse than any communist propaganda. At least communism is based on an ideology (even though it doesn't work in practice), whereas religion is just fairy tales. Fairy tales has nothing to do in what is supposed to me a scientific institution.

Jul 23, 2015 04:34 Report Abuse