Midway through 2025, the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) started its own investigation into the school’s policies and procedures, including visiting the kindergarten-to-year-10 campus.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Albaf stood aside from his role in January.<\/p>\n
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The New Madinah College in Young could be deregistered if it does not sack its principal. (ABC News: Andy Mangelsdorf)<\/p>\n
This week, a NESA spokesperson said its registration committee had now determined Sheikh Albaf did “not meet the fit and proper requirements” for being principal.<\/p>\n
A letter from NESA, published on the school’s website, said the decision was based on several reasons.<\/p>\n
Those included an “ongoing pattern of behaviour, exhibited in social media postings [and] a lack of remorse displayed by him”.<\/p>\n
It described his behaviour as “inconsistent with the role of a principal in a NSW school in setting an appropriate ethical and moral tone for school community”.<\/p>\n
“Sheikh Abdulghani Albaf’s public commentary was of a concerning and hateful tone,” the letter stated.<\/p>\n
It also warned that if Sheikh Albaf remained principal and “a responsible person for the College”, it may constitute non-compliance.<\/p>\n
“The Committee may consider a recommendation to cancel the College’s registration,” the letter said.<\/p>\n
In response to the decision, Sheikh Albaf has started proceedings against NESA in the NSW Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
The ABC reached out to Sheikh Albaf, but were referred to his solicitor.<\/p>\n
His solicitor, Stephen Blanks, confirmed the matter was listed for a directions hearing next week in Sydney.<\/p>\n
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