Results tagged “madrassah” from Birmingham Mail - Faraz Yousufzai Blog

Should Muslim supplementary schools aka 'madrassahs' be supported by the Local Education Authority?

I had a meeting today with some folks at Birmingham LEA to discuss community engagement strategies to raise the appalling achievement of Muslims children here. Lots of motherhood and apple pie, but they meant well. What surprised me though was the discovery that they are providing advisory support to madrassahs.

In my usual irreverent style, I balked at such a notion and mumbled something about how the madrassah system of education has failed an entire generation of Muslims in Britain. It didn't go down very well.

Allegedly, things have moved on and they are really quite progressive now, offering a range of sporting and extra curricular activities to stimulate young minds.

I'm sure 'some' are. But the numbers speak for themselves. How does an immigrant population in less than 50 years, manage to fill 11% of prisons and enjoy the highest levels of economic inactivity aka 'wont work, cant work' in the country?