أستراليا: ارتفاع معدلات التحاق الطلاب المسلمين بالمدارس الإسلامية

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أشارت التقارير الصادرة عن وزارة التعليم الفيدرالي إلى أن العام الماضي رصد وجود 28,267 طالبًا مسلمًا في 39 مدرسة إسلامية، بزيادة بلغت 82% عن العام 2009؛ حيث كان عدد الطلاب 15,503 طلاب، بينما لم يزد عدد الطلاب الملتحقين بالمدارس العامة خلال نفس الفترة عن 6%.

وأن 6 مدارس من المدارس الخاضعة لإدارة الاتحاد الأسترالي للمجالس الإسلامية، تضم 5481 طالبًا بزيادة بلغت 53% خلال السنوات الخمس الماضية.

وقد أشار بعض المعلقين من العاملين بالتعليم إلى أن أولياء الأمور يعتقدون أن الأبناء سيكونون بأمان في ظل التعليم بالمدارس الدينية، وأنهم في حماية بعيدًا عن العداوة التي يتعرضون لها؛ مثل: السخرية بالشعائر الظاهرة كالحجاب، وغيرها من الممارسات العنصرية ضد المسلمين؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Enrolments in hard-line Islamic colleges are growing nine times faster than those of mainstream schools, as more Muslim parents demand a strict religious education for their children in ¬Australia.

Six schools controlled by the conservative Australian Federation of Islamic Councils now boast 5481 students — a 53 per cent rise in enrolments in five years.

Federal Education Department statistics show that 28,267 students attended Australia’s 39 Islamic schools last year — 82 per cent more than the 15,503 who were enrolled in 32 schools in 2009. In contrast, student numbers in all Australian schools grew by 6 per cent over the same period, to 3.7 million.

Tasmanian teacher Peter Jones, who spent time in most of Australia’s Muslim schools to research his thesis on Islamic education, said many Islamic parents thought their children would be safer at the religious schools.

“Many parents and students felt the kids were more sheltered in these schools,’’ he said yesterday. “They felt a bit more protected from the community because of hostility. People have been pulling their hijabs off and ¬spitting at them.’’

Enrolments in hard-line Islamic colleges are growing nine times faster than those of mainstream schools, as more Muslim parents demand a strict religious education for their children in ¬Australia.

Six schools controlled by the conservative Australian Federation of Islamic Councils now boast 5481 students — a 53 per cent rise in enrolments in five years.

Federal Education Department statistics show that 28,267 students attended Australia’s 39 Islamic schools last year — 82 per cent more than the 15,503 who were enrolled in 32 schools in 2009. In contrast, student numbers in all Australian schools grew by 6 per cent over the same period, to 3.7 million.

As with most private schools, taxpayers contribute 80 per cent of Islamic schools’ running costs, providing $300 million in commonwealth and state funding in 2013. The latest official data shows the AFIC schools received $42m in taxpayer funding in 2013, plus $21.5m in government funds for new buildings and other capital works between 2009 and 2013.

The Islamic Schools Association of Australia, which represents the 33 non-AFIC schools, said yesterday only one-quarter of Muslim students in Australia ¬attended religious schools.

ISAA president Abdullah Khan, who is the executive principal of the Australian Islamic College in Perth, said that meant three out of four Islamic students attended mainstream public schools. He said the rise in enrolments at Islamic schools was -fuelled by population growth, including a growing number of Muslim ¬students whose parents were working in Australia on 457 work visas. “Academic focus is one of the reasons parents choose our schools but mainly it’s the values we provide, and the -religious education,’’ he said. “Some schools, academically, are performing really well.’’