School pupils aged just four are to be taught atheism in a move schools hope will equip them to be 'citizens of the world'.
Education bosses in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, have radically restructured the RE syllabus to accommodate non-religious beliefs.
Youngsters will continue to learn about the six major faiths - Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism - but they will also be taught humanism, the belief that there is no God or Gods, and that moral values are founded on human nature and experience.
Read more: Daily Mail and Lancashire Telegraph and Richard Dawkins.net
Update: 31st March 2011, Dorset RE Syllabus will include 'Secular worldviews' such as Humanism / Atheism which MUST be studied at KS3.
