Saturday, July 16, 2011

Philippines: Govt to fund Muslim education


The program has three components: Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) in public schools, ALIVE for out-of-school Muslim youths and adults, and assistance to private madaris (schools for higher religious education).
Of the funds released, 173.25 million pesos will go to the office of the education secretary while 78.35 million pesos will be released directly to school division offices to cover the allowances of  Muslim teachers.

2 comments:

Pastorius said...

Idiots.

That's where my wife is from.

Claudia said...

I know.

And yeah, I don't know what they are thinking about...