In the context of the problematic relations between religion and state-socialism we knew in Yugoslavia, the situation of religious teachers was in the focus during the entire post-war period, especially in the 70s, after the demands of the Marxist ideas in school lessons escalated. In the highest political forums, in the Socialist Alliance of Working People (SZDL), and for the first time after the war also in the press, a sharp polemic has developed with the involvment of the Marxist theorists and the highest political representatives (M. Kučan, F. Šetinc) on one side and eminent theologians (F. Perko, V. Grmič, J. Janžekovič) on the other side. Later the emerging intellectual opposition also joined. Based on archival sources of Communist Party bodies, SZDL and newspapers from that period this contribution will first on theoretical level analyze the insistence on the Leninist concept of education that was not consistent with the principles of self-management and showed a large democratic deficit. This had been pointed out by representatives of the Roman Catholic Church, and also some sociologists of religion. Then the presentation of political formulation of the situation and rights of religious teachers will follow, which was based on the said ideological assumption, but in the spirit of the late Yugoslav socialism still sought to include religious people into the ranks of supporters of self-governing regime.