MIDLAND education chiefs have put religion on the Internet andare offering grants to encourage schools to develop new ideas forteaching the subject.
The action has been taken in Staffordshire where head teachersbelieve religious education makes a "significant contribution" intraining pupils to be good citizens.
A religious education website can now be accessed on theStaffordshire Learning Net which offers teaching plans and a rangeof other resources.
And schools are being invited to bid for development grants of upto pounds 1,500 to produce new curriculum material making use of theInternet, e-mail, video conferencing and other high-tech teachingmethods.
The annual report of Staffordshire's Standing Advisory Council onReligious Education today gave an update on RE teaching in high andmiddle schools across the county.
It reported a general feeling that improved access to informationand communications technology and more teaching time were needed toadequately deal with the subject.
New approach
Woodhouse High School at Tamworth has tried a new approach to RElessons using art, drama, dance, music, discussion sessions andvisits to places with religious connections.
"There is significant variation in the funding of religiouseducation," the report said.
"In some cases RE receives considerably less curriculum time and,consequently, less funding than the other humanities subjects."
Staffordshire's RE website can be accessed on http://www.sln.org.uk/re
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