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Abstract:
This paper examines the common school and its feasibility in teaching morality. The common school, often referred to in some quarters as public school, is conceptually defined as that which is established by the community to accommodate people of diverse cultures and impart knowledge and community values. This is distinguished from other schools established by individuals or faith-based communities for a different purpose. The common school is committed to impart the comprehensive ideal, which is summed up as propagating community values, the crux of which is morality. This position paper examines the plausibility of teaching morality through religion and some school subjects. It however emphasised the relationship between religion and morality and justified the need to use religion and other subjects to teach morality. It concludes on the need to give prominence to the teaching of religion since it is more appetitive to teaching morality.

Keywords: common school, religion, morality, culture, education

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