NRI set to convert daughter for UK school

The parents of a Sikh girl have said that they are ready to convert her to Roman Catholicism to ensure her admission to a school of their choice.
According to report in the Daily Mail, Baljit and Bal Singh have said that they will not hesitate to change their four-year-old daughter's religion if it means she can attend their favoured school next month.
Maya Kaur has been attending a nursery at St Paul's Roman Catholic School in Wolviston, Cleveland, for the past two years. But her parents have been told there is no place available for her when she starts full-time education in a few weeks.
After losing an appeal, the couple say they are seriously considering changing her religion in the hope she may be allowed into the school, which gives priority to Catholic children.
"We think Sikhism is similar to Roman Catholicism so we put her in that school. She's been there for two years, she goes to church with them, she says a prayer before she eats her dinner, said her father.
St Paul's admissions policy gives priority to children who have been baptised Roman Catholic, have been formally received into the Catholic church and live in the catchment area, or who have a sibling at the school. Priority then goes to other Christian denominations before children of other faiths.
The extraordinary proposal is likely to be frowned upon within the Sikh religion. The Singhs, however, insist that they are doing nothing wrong in trying to get the best for their daughter. Maya has been offered a place at William Cassidi School.

Source: TOI