Islam and education – Ifeoluwa Siddiq Oyelami

In my earlier piece on our malfunctioning informal Islamic school system, I safely concluded that fingers are best pointed at the Muslim community as a whole on the problems facing this local learning centres. Reactions of the readers suggest that many share my opinion and thus, we ask; what are the solutions to these problems?

I decided to air my thoughts on some strategies which I feel could help in putting the local Islamic schooling system to shape, and here they are;

Appreciation

There definitely need to be a rise in value of the system, and the work revolves around person attitude, motivation and reinforcement. The myopic attitude of parents to the gains of the madaris saddens but could be corrected by orientation and reinforcement. Parents should be admonished about the virtues of the knowledge and viable perimeters should be put in place to attract their patronage. Continue reading “Ile kewu on the blink; Recommendations from my little brain” →

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All praises and adoration be to Allah, The Lord who had made knowledge a discriminable factor among men. May His Benedictions on the Prophet and all those who follow his footstep till the day of Requital. Allah say: “…Say: Are those who know equal to those who know not?” (Az-Zumar: 9). This verse and its likes that are numerous in the Glorious Book of Allah have pointed the magnitude of education in Islam. The obligation of which is spelt out in the texts of the Kitab and Sunnah, hence the right to Education that its plinth in the sharia of Islam.

A small school-going boy if asked; what are your rights? Would conveniently mention the right to education before counting up to three of his rights. The right to education is a universal entitlement to Education. Continue reading “The Right to Education; a Path to Understanding Islam.” →