Office of Religion

Spiritual education may solve country’s issues: Office

This was the conclusion by the Office of Religion, hence the inclusion of Religious Education into mainstream curriculum is currently under consideration.

The move to factor Religious Education into the mainstream curriculum came about as a request from Government’s Chief Secretary Isaac Lupari.

Currently Religious Education is been taught both in primary and elementary schools, but in the views of the Office of Religion, it’s not as effectively taught as it was in the past.

Office of Religion established under Department

Community Development Minister Delilah Gore said the Office of Religion was established as the Government recognised that churches contribute a lot to the country’s development.

Gore said: “People respect churches more than the Government and church programs are more sustained.”

In 2012, the department was directed through the Alotau Accord to establish the Office.