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children in 666 schools by 2013. Access
Ministries, however, claim that the figure of 666 is due to incorrect census reporting, and that in 2013, they actually provided SRI to 780 schools. The fall in attendance is largely attributed to department of education rules in August 2011, changing SRI classes from opt-out to
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Ministries received almost $ 20 million in government funding between 2009 and 2012. They recorded a combined loss of $ 984,498 for those four years, according to documents lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Access Ministries has said that they expected to make
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Ministries have been accused of proselytising in public schools on several occasions, and for presenting Christian's beliefs as facts, both of which are forbidden under government regulations. In May 2011, complaints were made after the CEO of Access Ministries stated that, "our federal and
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Ministries were also criticized for a comic book which was said to imply that teachers were either too lazy or callous to help children unless God intervenes. Access removed the comic from their website after it was criticised by teachers, the Australian Childhood Foundation and Victorian
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Ministries is the largest provider of special religious instruction (SRI) in Victoria, and is authorised to provide it under the regulations of the Victorian Education Act. In 2011, SRI was provided to 130,100 Victorian school children in 940 schools, with the number dropping to 92,808
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Ministries provides inadequate training to its volunteers. Volunteers pay Access Ministries $ 15 for six hours of training in order to qualify to teach SRI to children, compared to the three to four year degree required for teachers. Dr
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songs, providing children with material claiming girls who wear revealing clothes are inviting sexual assault, that homosexuality, masturbation and sex before marriage are sinful, and that anyone having homosexual feelings should seek counselling. The
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state governments allow us to take the
Christian faith into our schools and share it. We need to go and make disciples". Access Ministries subsequently was questioned by
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