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Religious countries likely to perform worse in science and maths, study finds
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/relgious-education-countries-worse-sicence-maths-time-studied-sit-leeds-beckett-university-a7641051.htmlStudents in religious countries are likely to perform worse in science and maths than their more agnostic or atheist counterparts, new research has found.
“Countries that are more religious score lower in educational performance,” the study's co-author, Professor Gijsbert Stoet, told The Independent.
As a result he advised that "governments that might be able to raise educational standards and so standards of living by keeping religion out of schools and out of educational policy-making."
..."Even though the exact mechanisms need to be studied further, my advice for policy makers is to keep education and religion separate and take a secular approach to education and educational policy."
“Countries that are more religious score lower in educational performance,” the study's co-author, Professor Gijsbert Stoet, told The Independent.
As a result he advised that "governments that might be able to raise educational standards and so standards of living by keeping religion out of schools and out of educational policy-making."
..."Even though the exact mechanisms need to be studied further, my advice for policy makers is to keep education and religion separate and take a secular approach to education and educational policy."
