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Education News: Scotland - Muslim girls' school at risk of closure

Scotland's only Muslim school will be closed down in three months if it does not improve teaching and give pupils more contact with the outside world.

The Imam Muhammad Zakariya School in Dundee was severely criticised by inspectors more than a year ago. A follow-up report published last week said the all-girl independent school had still not done enough.

The school was ordered to do more to "broaden the experiences of pupils to prepare them better to play their part as Muslims in a culturally diverse Scotland".

Education minister Peter Peacock gave the school three months to demonstrate clear improvements.

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