salaamz,by state schools,im sure the maulana means a mixed gender school?here in west yorks,uk,we have girls public schools that have muslim girls,christian girls etc.surely thats not haraam?id say its a question of mixed school,seeing as how even muslimz nowadayz think its perfectly fine for boyz n girlz to mix perfectly freely....seperate public schools are fine,and private schools are too expensive,but thats not all there fault,they'r not government funded,