Parents complain after London council circulates questionnaire among year 6 pupils in schools with large Muslim intakes
Parents of children as young as nine contain reacted angrily after schools in an east London borough asked pupils to complete surveys designed to supply clues to possible radicalisation. Waltham Forest council has been piloting the scheme in five primary schools with large Muslim intakes. The questionnaire,circulated among year 6 pupils, asks how much they trust the police and people from another race or religion.
They are also asked whether they agree that it is acceptable to marry someone from outside their race or religion and whether women are just as good as men at work. Another question asks if the pupils believe their religion is the only right one. approximately 22% of the population in Waltham Forest, or one of the most deprived local authorities in England,are Muslim.
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Source: theguardian.com