School chaplain program

The school chaplaincy program is now coming under fire from the Anglican church.
The head of Sydney's Anglican Education Commission, Bryan Cowling, the executive director of the peak body for the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.
He has said that, "The legitimate place of religion in NSW government schools might be put at risk by the misuse of the National School Chaplaincy Program, the head of Sydney's Anglican Education Commission has warned."
He goes further and says, "chaplains - with the term's religious connotations - might blur the distinction between faith and welfare, increasing the chance of misuse by proselytising, which might call into question access granted to schools for special religious education, also known as scripture."
He continues, ''If it's a welfare position and a welfare role, why not call it that rather than call it a chaplain?'' he said. ''I just think it's a clumsy way to do things."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/anglican-church-queries-school-chaplain-program-20110701-1gv6l.html#ixzz1Qv7eTljO

SMH Article
I think it is astounding that a secular government would continue to fund these programs in school.
To me it is another poorly funded program from a government scared of offending a small section of the electorate. This government is running scared like a rabbit in the headlights of a car.

Miracles at School, Howard's Legacy

It has been reported that some of the Chaplains that were put into Australian Schools by John Howard when he was Prime Minister are now reporting miracles at their hands at school.
According to these Chaplains, god has cured a student with Attention Deficit Disorder, another with Asthma and stopped it raining during a school assembly.
School Miracles article

Do we need school chaplains in a secular school system? This chaplain system was brought in by a Christian Prime Minister with an obvious agenda to continue pushing his world view in a secular system. I don't think he thought through this very well because I don't think even John Howard would want evangelical healing in our state secular education system.
Will Kevin Rudd scrap this madness. I doubt it, I think he is a bigger religious nutter than Howard.
The last thing we need in a modern secular country is supertitious chaplains running around our schools preaching to young maleable mind.
Over to you bloggers, what do you think.