BSF Welcomes Government Funding for First Sikh School

BSF welcomes state funding by the Government of the first British Sikh school on 30 November 1999. Guru Nanak Sikh primary and secondary school in Hayes, London, will make sure that the Sikh religion remains central to its work, whilst teaching the national curriculum; boys will wear the turban, and girls will wear salwar kameez, including a blazer. Children will be taught the Punjabi language, has a nursery, and will teach children up to GCSE A levels at18 years of age; last year a student from the school became the first to gain a place at Oxford University.

We need to have Sikh nurseries and schools in all our major British towns, fully funded by the Government, so that our children can grow up as Sikhs and achieve the highest standards possible, rather than being held back by racism in ordinary schools or be taught non-Sikh values. Protestant Christians, Catholic Christians, and Jews all have their Government funded schools teaching their values; we pay our taxes like anyone else, and should be treated with equality.

It should be remembered that a few years ago the BSF received a letter from a Conservative Government Education Minister saying that Government funding would be provided to Sikh schools, and these details were then passed onto the British Sikh Community, with encouragement to apply for Government funds.

13 December 1999

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