Each year more ACT government schools sign up for an opt-in religious program said to attract Christians, atheists and Muslims alike.
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Christian education is believed to be taught in 45 primary schools with Christian Education in Schools providing sessions for 36.
The program is implemented upon a parent's request and requires parental permission for students to attend.
Christian Education in Schools coordinator Karen Baron said the program featured one hour-long session each term delivered by a qualified teacher, covering Easter, God, the Bible and Christmas respectively.
"Within that hour it's just a lot of exploring and investigating," Ms Baron said.
ACT Council of the Parents and Citizens Association president John Haydon said the association felt schools should not teach instruction in particular religions and argued it may cause division between students.
"Obviously we expect that children will be taught about religion because it's such a part of our cultural background and history so people should know about Christianity, [but] they should know about other religions as well, Islam, Hindu, Buddhism," he said.
"I'd suggest if some parents are opting in and some children are going to this, what about the parents that are not opting in? What about the children that are not part of this program?"
But Ms Baron said Christians were an "absolute minority" in attending the sessions and emphasised parents chose whether their children participated in the program or not.
"It's a cross-section of the community that's represented in that school and that's what makes it quite a positive experience," she said.
"We even get atheists. We even get Muslims. It's very inclusive."
An Education Directorate spokesman said: "The choice to teach religious education in Canberra public schools is an individual decision made in consultation with the school, parents and carers, and participation for students is voluntary."
The directorate's Religious Education in ACT Government Schools policy would allow for any religious body to provide religious education, provided it had tax exempt charity status, documents showing it was non-profit or approval from the directorate to provide such a program.
The policy states: "If parents of a child at a government school ask the principal for their child to receive religious education in a particular religion, the principal must cooperate with parents to organise its provision and ensure that reasonable time is allowed for the child's religious education in that religion."
