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Also, the Netherlands reintroduced sex segregation in public schools in order to encourage schooling of muslim girls (Bjinse can correct me if I'm wrong).

As far as I know, this hasn't happened. I've never heard about this, although that doesn't mean much. Google and a search through the Dutch newspaper database don't render any hits either. There is always the off-chance it hasn't been big in the news and politicians haven't heard about it, although that'd be doubtful, considering the topic.

Secondly, such policy doesn't make immediate sense to me but when dealing with politicians, that doesn't mean much either. But if I recall the statistics correctly, Muslim girls are doing much better in the Dutch education system than Muslim boys, plus the past years have seen an overall improvement for both sexes - although it's still far from optimal.

by Bjinse on Wed Feb 5th, 2014 at 03:38:54 PM EST
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I only found this: Battle brewing over single-sex classes for Muslim women which is not about schools but about "integration classes" for immigrants.

The co-ed schools story may have been distorted in the foreign press.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Feb 5th, 2014 at 03:45:20 PM EST
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I'd suspect so, there's a big difference between integration classes and public schools. Integration classes are the domain of the municipalities, and each can shape these courses at their own behest. The kerfuffle the linked article references is about a minister's chagrin that some municipalities did organise segregated classes, and some others appeared to be - but it turned out only women signed up for these classes. In total there were 27 Dutch counties (out of 400) that had specifically sex segregated courses, but all of these were only part of a longer programme. All municipalities defended their choice on practical grounds.

Hardly worth a sizzle.

by Bjinse on Wed Feb 5th, 2014 at 05:04:00 PM EST
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