ABSTRACT
In the countries of Asia and Africa in which the Christian churches pioneered a church-based Western type education the framework of national education has become a state responsibility. Teachers, school managers and the Christian community who believe that the basis of life is religious and that both in formal teaching and in the community life of the school the religious aspect should not be separated from others, have nevertheless to accept the condition laid down by the state. Either way, the Christian community will seek to minimize this division of education by providing teaching about the Christian faith for the children of its families on Sundays or in out-of-school hours on weekdays. Some schools under Christian management follow a scheme for children of different religions whereby reading and meditation are in silence, the children using the sacred book of their own faith.
