Islamic primary schools in the Netherlands ...

Because of the constitutional Freedom of education in the Netherlands, everyone can establish a school and is entitled tofull state funding. There now are 52 primary Islamic schools, with around 12,500 pupils mostly of Turkish and Moroccandescent. They focus on developing an Islamic religious identity, and high educational quality and pupil achievement.Because most pupils come from socioeconomic disadvantaged backgrounds, the schools receive nearly twice as muchbudget than schools with a predominantly non-disadvantaged population. The existence of Islamic schools has alwaysbeen controversial.... Mehr ...