“Tomorrow morning on your way to my house, please send me sms or give me a missed call, ok!” I told the student in charge. I accepted an invitation to a program organised by a group of university students. The program was at a nearby mosque quite close to my house, 5km maybe. It was …. Read More
Every month, our interfaith dialogue concentrates on specific theme. Sharing from audience should be based on his or her individual understanding and interpretation of the subject. Last month we chatted about religious education and it turned up into focusing on formal religious education in school setting. We loved and learned a lot from each other, …. Read More
What is the ‘islamic’ in Islamic education? What makes and education Islamic? What makes other kinds of education ‘unislamic’? Our quick picture about Islamic education usually refers to the content. The subject or the topic surrounding the ‘WHAT’. Looking back to the hadith of the Prophet, peace be upon him, we easily identify how he …. Read More
Sir Ken Robinson in his book, Creative Schools says: Learning is the process of acquiring new knowledge and skills. Human beings are highly curious learning organisms. From the moment they’re born, young children have a voracious appetite for learning. For too many, that appetite starts to dull as they go through school. Keeping it alive …. Read More
This is our third Ramadan in Finland. Each year, there’s always something new we learn from the experience. This year, most Ramadan is taking place while school is still open. 2km each way walking from home to school, it is tough. Being among the small minority at school, they have to face many challenges. Our …. Read More
After two years living in Finland and studying education, it is obvious to me that nothing from what I learned academically is alien to educationists and educators back home in Malaysia. We are referring to the same studies and literature. It’s very easy for anyone to react saying “well, we already know that, it’s already …. Read More
We are now moving from the industrial to the information age which challenges the basic idea of current mass schooling. Globalization, new technologies, and changing demands both at work and elsewhere present individuals, communities, and societies with problems that can only be resolved by reforming systems of education and schooling (Ng & Renshaw, 2009). It …. Read More
Muiz: Abi, I have a question. What was it the forbidden fruit in the heaven? I remember something from my preschool about it but not very clear. Me: Oh ok… Adam and Hawa (Eve) were meant to live here on Earth. But Allah set the incident to happen in the heaven so that we can …. Read More
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has set up a 13-member Committee comprising experts to study the nation’s education policies. Set up as an independent body, members of the National Education Policy Committee received their letters of appointment from Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik at the Parliament building today. The appointments are for a period of …. Read More
An education system and its transformation do not rely solely on individuals, not even who is appointed as the minister. He or she can be an accelerator, but change requires intelligent accountabilities. Believing that a minister in his or her capacity as an individual can change the education system, might be the fallacy which leads …. Read More
