Atheists Write To Kenyan Education Ministry Seeking Ban On School Prayer Days

Posted by: Suubi Anne in Life Style March 3, 2022

The Association of atheists in Kenya has written to the education ministry seeking a ban on prayer days in public schools ahead of national examinations.

Apparently, the prayer days are in contravention of students’ rights. Public schools usually have a tradition of organizing prayer days before students sit for national examinations.

The atheists say schools have even this week called parents to join in the tradition to pray for a smooth examination period.

“Most Kenyans have gone through a public education system where organized, mandatory observance of religious practice was a must,” the atheist association wrote in part.

This group also says children should be left to make their own unbiased decisions about religion.

Atheists are a group of people who do not believe in the existence of God. For them, God is a myth that no one should be believing in.

According to sociologist Phil Zuckerman, broad estimates of those who have an absence of belief in a deity range from 500 to 750 million people worldwide.

Meanwhile, is this good for children? What will happen to church-founded schools? Clearly, they can’t do without prayer! In Uganda, faith is also a big deal and apparently, only 2.9% don’t believe in God.

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