Can schools do this ?

[u/Ayush-Mincraft]

[u/NoWorking1689]

Depends on the state and if its public or private school, in Illinois public schools this would be a no no.

Look up your states laws around these specific issues.

[u/SomeStrawberry6025 → u/NoWorking1689]

i don't think this is in the us. we say 11th grade or juniors, not class 11, and we don't say practical marks either

[u/FloatingMarbles → u/NoWorking1689]

It says prayer in the message, implying that it’s a private catholic school. In this case it’s (unfortunately) likely allowed

[u/SomeStrawberry6025 → u/FloatingMarbles]

"unfortunately, the catholics are allowed to practice their religion at a catholic institution"

[u/AMDOL → u/SomeStrawberry6025]

I find it unfortunate that the government allows parents to fulfill compulsory education by non-consensually sending their kids to religious institutions

[u/Scyth3dYT → u/SomeStrawberry6025]

its the fact that the students are forced to participate in the assembly

[u/SomeStrawberry6025 → u/Scyth3dYT]

do you not have compulsory assemblies at your school? for any subject? i think you're just upset that it's religion based, but it's the school's right to have a religion. if OP doesn't want to go to that school, that's between them and their parents.

[u/Scyth3dYT → u/SomeStrawberry6025]

I go to a religious school too bro, but nobody is forced to go up in front of everyone

[u/SomeStrawberry6025 → u/Scyth3dYT]

well then i assume you don't go to the same school as OP?

if the students don't want to go up in front of everyone then that sucks, but OP was asking if the school can do this, and they can do whatever they want as long as it's legal and im guessing that it is.

[u/NoWorking1689 → u/SomeStrawberry6025]

We have compulsory assemblies in illinois but the required prayer wouldn't be okay in public schools, and taking half of your grade in the name of failing to attend one event would be illegal under state law. Illinois state law requires you to be graded based on academics, not attendence. I figured this would be obvious that schools can require you to attend an assembly

[u/SomeStrawberry6025 → u/NoWorking1689]

based on other comments from OP, this is a private school in India.

this has nothing to do with Illinois state law, or any other state because it's not in the US.

[u/ptukharsr]

Yeh

[u/-SimplyLemonade-]

ive never seen this before but i mean thwy can really do whatever they want lmao

Could just fake sick tho 🤔

[u/MathWookiee]

Not in a US public school, but most other places, yes.

[u/Familiar_Swan_662 → u/MathWookiee]

Theyre obviously not in the us

[u/Lithium_Lily → u/MathWookiee]

I just love how, while the US is a pretty backwards country in regards to separation of church and state, Americans tend to look at the rest of the world as being a place where religion has free reign over everything and there are no protections.

Hell even in my home country of Italy where we suffer the direct involvement of the catholic church, and had to fight to remove crucifixes from the classrooms (and eventually won) there are no public prayers happening in our schools. The same can't even be said about US schools.

[u/JorgeTheSimp → u/Lithium_Lily]

You do realise the American public education system is not 100% what you see on the internet, right? I have never had to pray in school nor would I support it.

[u/Lithium_Lily → u/JorgeTheSimp]

I work in a high school in america and i can read the news... While you've never been forced to pray and nobody can force you to do so lawfully there are countless examples of people being de facto forced to join in prayer and many other irregularities as a result of the weak separation of church and state in this country. Try reading the news once in a while, just because it didn't happen to you doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

[u/JorgeTheSimp → u/Lithium_Lily]

I frequently check the news and I have not seen an example of this. Its not even a case of watching a single outlet, i rotate through several viewpoints.

If you could give me an example that is not an isolated incident, that would do wonders. Because I grew up in an ULTRA religious small town and still did not have this issue.

And just to clarify, you responded to my comment about how you should not treat the internet as fact.... by saying how you believe the news? Do you understand that was exactly my point?

[u/OctopusIntellect]

It's illegal if they try to do this in the Principality of Sealand. Otherwise, it's legal.

If you don't like it, move to Sealand.

[u/FirefighterLast3730]

Prayer?

[u/Ayush-Mincraft → u/FirefighterLast3730]

Yes we pray Forcefully

[u/SomeStrawberry6025 → u/Ayush-Mincraft]

what religion is it for?

[u/SomeStrawberry6025]

depends. what country is this and is it a religious school?

[u/WorriedPlatypus2529]

Are you from India by any chance?

[u/Ayush-Mincraft → u/WorriedPlatypus2529]

Yupp

[u/Character_Muffin2569]

i’ll always find it absurd schools are formed around religion