as long as a school has a religion background, it will has some form of prayer or chanting and not just about the religion but also teach the kids about life, character-building, etc.
it's all up to the parents, it's your choice and freedom as to where you want to enrol your child.
but remember one thing: not all neighbourhood schools are bad and not all branded schools are so good, we are not in the school, we don't know wat is going on, all we know/hear are hear-says
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do you want your child to enjoy pri school with a little bit of stress or just very stress out???