Summary - NSW Government Freezes Islamic
Schools Funding under Section 21A
It has been about five years since the NSW Government introduced
section 21A of the Education Act which prohibits funding assistance
being paid to non government schools operating for profit.
For the first time, to our knowledge, the NSW Government has
used this section to freeze funds to a non government school.
The NSW Government is
reported to have frozen funding to Sydney's largest Islamic
school, Malek Fahd, after an investigation into payments the school
made by way of management fees and backdated rental fees to its
owner, the Australia Federation of Islamic Councils, the
nation's peak Muslim body.
