A question of faith in Almeria province state schools

SEVENTY per cent of pupils attending Almeria province’s infants and primary state schools take Religious Instruction classes.

Sixty per cent of the children choose Catholicism, a proportion that is 10 per cent above the national average, the Junta’s Education delegation revealed.

At the same time, 9 per cent of infants and primary pupils have opted for Islamic studies although they are affected by a shortage of teachers,  Abdallah Mhanna, president of the Almeria province’s Imams Centre, said.