hereappear to be two main thrusts of policy with regard to Humanism andeducation. hefirst is an emphasis on the teaching of morality and ethics, outside ofa religious context, which is bound to be important as fewer peoplebelieve in religions and gods. 'Morality Without Religion'is aparticular theme of humanism. hesecond is the inclusion of Humanism along with other teaching ofcomparative religion. heBritish Humanist Association, the Humanist Society of Scotland andAssociation of Irish Humanists are particularly relevant with regard tothe educational issues as there are differences in the law,particularly in Scotland. salready noted on other pages the Humanist Organisations have done a lotof work trying to effect change through the local authority andpolitical structures, particularly SACES (See 'SACRES' Item Later) andby promoting their views at local and national level. To date, theirefforts have not been rewarded by significant changes in theseinstitutions, because of the entrenched position of the people who makeup these bodies, church nominations and politicians who are religious,or wary of alienating the religious vote. hisorganisation does not represent all humanists, many members of the NSSare also humanists. It has an education discussion forum which is opento members and only by invitation from their education officer. orteachers and schools for who wish to avoid the worst aspects ofreligion in schools, the BHA has produced support material and draftsyllabuses when asked.
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