September 10, 2007
Expansion in faith schools expected
The way is being paved to remove the so called barriers for religious groups and schools who are looking to provide some sort of state education.
At the moment there are around a hundred Muslim schools that will become eligible to join up with the state education system, the government are suggesting that there aren’t enough free places for Sikh and Hindu children within these schools.
According to government statistics there are 376,000 Muslim children in the UK aged between five and fifteen, while there are 1,770 pupils in the seven Muslim schools that receive state funding. But there are around 115 Muslim schools that do not receive any state funding because of their independent status.
Source [The Guardian]
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