Religion and education: to the question of religious courses in the school

Abstract

The priority task of the state educational policy is the continuous improvement of the quality of education, and at the secondary level - also the improvement of educational methods. In this regard, in recent years, the opinion has been increasingly expressed that one of the conditions for optimizing the educational and upbringing process in school can be the cooperation of secular and confessional institutions in the educational sphere. The question of including a course on religion (religions) in the school curriculum leads to the need to determine its alleged educational status and content.