Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali shares his concerns and his vision for the future of education and what Christians should do
Christians have always been involved in education.
This began in the schools in monasteries, then in cathedral choir schools, in the parish-based schools for the poor and in literacy campaigns to enable people to read the Bible. Universal education has arisen out of this involvement. The state is a welcome but relative newcomer to this aspiration. It should not, however, replace, or seek to replace, the church in this area.
