Students reportedly learn no secular subjects and often are taught only religious subjects and only in Yiddish. The illegal haredi schools violate British law and the government has known about them since at least 2008 but has not shut them down, prosecuted anyone or taken any other action to stop the child neglect these schools cause. But don't worry. Now that England's premier TV news-magazine has exposed the problem, the government now says that if these schools haven't applied for government education authorities approval, it will "press" for prosecution.