18 March 2014

Islamic schools condemned by David Cameron receive state funding

.... The department said it was “looking into” concerns over the Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation, which is being awarded grants worth more than £70,000 each year to fund free school places for toddlers.

The funding, distributed by local authorities, is part of the Government’s “free early education” scheme which provides all three and four-year-olds, and some two-year-olds, with 15 hours of free teaching each week.

However, while in opposition Mr Cameron and Michael Gove, now the Education Secretary, criticised the Labour Government for funding Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation despite its “extremist” links. [The Telegraph] Read more