On the recordFebruary 16, 2005
I was pleased to find out that it was a moderate facility. The thing I was probably most encouraged to learn from the Pakistan government about education in madrassas is that the Pakistan government's strategy is to build secular schools right next to the extreme madrassas in their country. Because when parents are given the opportunity to send their child to a school that provides education, boarding, and food when the average income is a few hundred dollars a year, certainly they will do that. But when the school only provides a religious education that provides no marketable skills in the economy, their child does not necessarily have a bright future, and their options are limited when they graduate, and they are susceptible to some of the radical teachings.
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