01 November 2013

NSW school inspectors recommend closure of Australia's largest Muslim school

Australia's largest Muslim school, Malek Fahd Islamic School, is facing imminent closure after New South Wales Board of Studies inspectors recommended its registration not be renewed in 2014.

ABC News has obtained a letter that NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli wrote to the school on Wednesday stating he was "gravely concerned" about the school.

He also said that the board had recommended to him the kindergarten to year 12 school's registration not be renewed in 2014.

Among the Minister's concerns are questions over attendance, Higher School Certificate curriculum, educational quality, safe environment and building. [ABC News] Read more