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Turkey to stop teaching evolution

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Turkey to stop teaching evolution
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Turkey to stop teaching evolution
June 24, 2017 at 4:41 am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40384471

Quote:On Wednesday, the head of the education ministry's curriculum board Alpaslan Durmuş announced that a section on Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution would be excluded from biology textbooks in the ninth grade (14 and 15 year olds) from next year on.
Students are "too young to understand 'controversial subjects'", he said, adding that the topic will be delayed until undergraduate study.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already approved the proposed changes to the national curriculum, which are expected to be published next week after the Muslim Eid ending the fasting month of Ramadan.

Quote:Mr Erdogan has already stated several times his goal of raising pious generations and Deputy PM Numan Kurtulmus had once described the theory of evolution as archaic.

So once again religion drags the world backwards.

Sometimes I despair of people.



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.




 








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Turkey to stop teaching evolution - by downbeatplumb - June 24, 2017 at 4:41 am
RE: Turkey to stop teaching evolution - by zebo-the-fat - June 24, 2017 at 4:45 am
RE: Turkey to stop teaching evolution - by Alex K - June 24, 2017 at 4:51 am
RE: Turkey to stop teaching evolution - by brewer - June 24, 2017 at 1:51 pm
RE: Turkey to stop teaching evolution - by WinterHold - June 24, 2017 at 3:21 pm
RE: Turkey to stop teaching evolution - by Wyrd of Gawd - June 25, 2017 at 6:12 pm
RE: Turkey to stop teaching evolution - by chimp3 - June 25, 2017 at 6:15 pm

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