OUP prints 20,000 Bibles for schools scheme

9:30am Friday 18th May 2012 in Oxford

OXFORD University Press has printed more than 20,000 Bibles for schools in a new Government initiative.

To mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, the Department for Education is giving a copy to every state school in England.

Funding for the £370,000 scheme has come from Conservative Party donors and charities.

The books are being delivered to schools this week from OUP’s distribution centre at Kettering, in Northamptonshire.

OUP spokesman Rachel Goode said: “OUP works co-operatively with governments and education authorities around the world to provide high-quality and affordable resources for use in education.

“We’re pleased to have been able to support this Department for Education initiative, supplying and delivering copies of our 400th anniversary edition of the King James Bible to state maintained schools.”

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Comments(10)

fat Barry says...
9:46am Fri 18 May 12

Pity they haven't printed 20,000 science books for schools instead.
That would have done a lot more good.

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Dilligaf2010 says...
9:59am Fri 18 May 12

What a waste of £370,000!

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gymrat34 says...
11:00am Fri 18 May 12

"Funding for the £370,000 scheme has come from Conservative Party donors and charities." - maybe this is how the donors wanted their money spent!?

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eatmygoal says...
12:08pm Fri 18 May 12

gymrat34 wrote:
"Funding for the £370,000 scheme has come from Conservative Party donors and charities." - maybe this is how the donors wanted their money spent!?
But that would involve reading the story and thinking, which gets in the way of the trolls getting angry and opinionated about anything & everything.

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listen2me47 says...
12:52pm Fri 18 May 12

What a waste of money! You know some other nut job religious group will be offended by these actions & they'll all have to be sent to the rubbish dump.

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Dilligaf2010 says...
1:18pm Fri 18 May 12

gymrat34 wrote:
"Funding for the £370,000 scheme has come from Conservative Party donors and charities." - maybe this is how the donors wanted their money spent!?
Whether it's how they wanted their money spent, or not, it's still a waste of money.

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Darkforbid says...
1:47pm Fri 18 May 12

Well done OUP!!!

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Megs says...
2:39pm Fri 18 May 12

Many consider the King James' bible to be one of the finest outpourings of the golden age of English Literature. In this case, there can be little objection to it's availability in schools. As for the content, my experience is that youngsters come to their own conclusion about it's worthiness. I know many, who as a result of attending C of E schools and frequent bible reading are confirmed atheists. For a rounded education students should be exposed to both science texts and works of literature, so, on balance, a free gift of a book may not be a bad idea. (I might have a different opinion, however, if it was Mine Kampf on offer.)

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eatmygoal says...
3:38pm Fri 18 May 12

Dilligaf2010 wrote:
gymrat34 wrote:
"Funding for the £370,000 scheme has come from Conservative Party donors and charities." - maybe this is how the donors wanted their money spent!?
Whether it's how they wanted their money spent, or not, it's still a waste of money.
And whether it is a waste of their money or not, it has nothing to do with you and your view is irrelevant.

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EMBOX1 says...
6:32pm Sun 20 May 12

I got one around 1994 when I was at school. I think I put it in the bin shortly afterwards.

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