Education has never been high on the agenda of the state, and although there is a state education system that is theoretically open to all it is eternally underfunded, poorly resourced and staffed by indifferently trained teachers. 

The non-formal education sector – comprising the madressah schools – is no better and both teach a curriculum that, according to a recent report, does nothing to ease the tensions which bedevil our society. In particular it highlights the prejudice against minority groups, the mass failure of teachers to understand the role and place of minorities in our society and consolidates an intolerant mindset in students at all levels.  

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