Again, is any child deprived of an education?
Well, yes. many are. Some home-schooled urchins receive model educations. Many don't. Support and provincial funding are provided. But, there is really no oversight. What are they taught? That the age of the earth is only 6000 years, that creationism is a theory rivalling evolution, that Genesis is literally true? A lack of science hobbles chidren, limits their horizons, locks them into a myth-laden world of misconception and mistrust.