Secular state education in Pakistan has virtually collapsed due to incompetence and corruption. The religious schools [Madrasses] are often the only education available to poor kids, some even pay parents to send their children. These 'schools' turn out thousands of 'graduates' each year - equipped with little more than a knowledge of Islam and a pathological hatred of the west. The results would be similar here if we put the National Front in charge of UK education policy - a whole generation filled with hate and bitterness. Unless and until Pakistan restores secular education, and Saudi Arabia stops funding such fundamentalist education throughout the world, there is little hope. Unfortunately much damage has already been done - for 20+ years the west has ignored these schools preaching their distorted view of the world, with results such as 11th Sept, and probably more to come.