MUSLIM parents are turning to tahfiz schools as a last-ditch attempt to rehabilitate their children, who are either struggling academically or having behavioural problems, said an administrator at a religious school in the Klang Valley.

Anwar Awang, the deputy director of a tahfiz school in Rawang, Selangor, said three-quarters of the 46 pupils in his school faced disciplinary problems and have failed academically at national schools.