13 February 2019

Banned school governor Tahir Alam fights gay equality lessons

A school governor banned after an alleged plot to impose strict Muslim values on pupils is urging parents to pressure teachers into dropping lessons promoting gay equality.

Tahir Alam, who was barred from any involvement in schools after the so-called Trojan Horse scandal in Birmingham, has claimed that teachers are “indoctrinating” children with a programme which promotes LGBT equality and challenges homophobia in primary schools.

Mr Alam has called on parents to “investigate” schools over the No Outsiders programme, which is written by a gay teacher and runs alongside sex education lessons, and demand it is dropped from the curriculum. [The Times (£)] Read more