Having issued a circular to all public schools on the need for strict adherence to the policy which requires permission from the Ministry of Education before persons are allowed in to conduct activities, the ministry said it was in the process of establishing clear guidelines that would avert any future incidence of hate groups being allowed to “evangelize” in public schools.
Finally breaking its silence, the Ministry of Education issued a response yesterday to the controversial issue, three weeks after reports hit the media of a religious body being allowed to share its doctrine in public educational institutions.
The statement came a day after the Hindu community made a public call for public schools to be off-limits to missionaries, and accused the Ministry of Education of facilitating school visits by designated hate group Faithful Word Baptist Church, pastored by Steven Anderson.
