Abdilatif Abdulkarim

A student of Sumaiya Girls High School being taught Arabic

Are madrassas in Africa educating or indoctrinating?

Education

One place that girls in Africa are finding an education is at Islamic religious schools known as madrassas. Typically these schools teach only boys, but in sub-Saharan Africa, more madrassas are being opened for girls and are usually funded by wealthy Arab donors. It’s a way to compensate for, what some say, is the extremely poor quality of state-funded schools.

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