NAIROBI, MARCH 24, 2015(CISA) – Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba Chairman, Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops – Commission for Education and Religious Education has said that religious education is an integral part of our value system and must continue to be taught in our schools. “It is totally unacceptable for a few individuals to purport to influence curtailing the same rights and freedoms by recommending the scrapping of religious education from our school curriculum,” said the prelate. “It is our considered view that there can be no quality formation of children to become responsible citizens if their education is not anchored on their religious faith,” he said adding. “Withdrawing religious education from our school curriculum is tantamount to rejection of the supremacy and importance of God in the lives of young people and the society.” The bishop further warned that a society that turns away from God is doomed and that “we must continue to teach religious education and religious instructions in all our schools.”