Worried About the Corruption His Child May Be Exposed to in Secondary School
Question

                I have a son who is ten years old, and he is supposed to go to secondary school, but the school system is affected by many kinds of corruption. Is it better for him to study at home (homeschooling), even though the level of teaching may not be high, or should I let him go to the secondary school and be exposed to corruption?
Praise be to Allah.
      What is mentioned in the question is a very real dilemma, 
      the matter of protecting children’s hearts and minds against the ideas, 
      beliefs and theories they will encounter in  the school curriculum that 
      are  contrary to the basic principles of Islam. Protecting the children’s 
      morals, attitudes and behaviour, despite what they are exposed to in mixed 
      schools that is contrary to all of that, is a dilemma; it is the dilemma 
      of confronting specious arguments and whims and desires at the same time. 
      What seems to be the case here is that it is the father’s duty to choose 
      for his son the best school and the one that is farthest removed from 
      these corruptions. If it is difficult to find something purely good in one 
      place, then he should look for something that is most good and less 
      harmful and evil. 

    What you have to do for your son is to choose an Islamic 
    school for him that is not mixed, even if that costs more in school fees or 
    involves greater effort in moving house to find the school. Indeed, we 
    advise you, if there is no such school in the city where you live, to move 
    the family to another location where you will be able to find a suitable 
    Islamic school for your children, if that is possible for you, even if it 
    involves some hardship for you. 

    If that is not possible, then you can replace these schools with education at home (homeschooling), even if the standard of education is 
    slightly lower. So go ahead with that, and give precedence to protecting your children’s religious commitment and morals over everything else. 

    If you are not able to do that, and you have no choice but to 
    put your son in these schools, then you will have the burden of following up 
    on your son, watching out for him, and resisting the causes of corruption 
    that he will encounter. 

    If you are saved from it, you will have been saved from 
    something major.  

    But we think that it is very difficult to make this choice 
    and continue doing it as it should be done. Hence the options mentioned 
    above may be more realistic and logical. 

    See also the answer to question no.
    127946 

    We ask Allah to guide you and help you to shoulder this 
    responsibility. 

    And Allah knows best.