(Dutch News) An Islamic further education college has been stripped of its title and been barred from awarding grades to its students by education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven.
Van Engelshoven was responding to a report by the education inspectorate into management and financial problems at the Europe Islamic University of Applied Sciences (EIUAS) in Rotterdam.
The fraud investigation service FIOD launched an inquiry into the college’s fundraising activities in 2016, which was followed by a review by the education department of the effect of fraud on the school’s operation.
Inspectors concluded that the college’s board was unable to provide complete accounts for several years and had set its budget at an unrealistic level. The school was placed under extra supervision, but inspectors twice said its situation had not improved.
