a commission issues a favorable opinion on the termination of the contract of the Averroès Muslim high school with the State

The consultation commission for private education chaired by the prefect of the North voted, Monday, November 27, in favor of the termination of the association contract linking the Lille Muslim high school Averroès to the State, indicated sources close to the matter at France Bleu Nord. The directors of the establishment were summoned before this consultative commission. The prefect of the North Georges-François Leclerc will announce his decision in the coming days.

The establishment of 400 students, opened in 2003, is singled out for a Qatari donation in 2014, a disputed religious work in the bibliography of spiritual teaching, and management irregularities. In 2014, the high school received a donation from a Qatari NGO of around 900,000 euros, which allowed it to purchase its current premises. The director of the establishment Eric Dufour indicates for his part that the high school has not received any foreign donations since 2015 and that all funding is transparent. If the contract between the high school and the State was effectively broken, National Education would stop paying teachers, and the Region would stop paying extracurricular staff.