Madrasa Education in Southern Kerala: Novel Strategies and Recommendations to Modernize the System

Hassan J
Madrasa Education Modernization Strategies and Recommendations teaching- learning methodology.

Abstract

Madrasas are functioning as theessentialcentre of Islamic civilization. These are educational, cultural, religious and community centers. As an educational centre, Madrasas have been playing key role in spreading of education. According to the Sachar committee Report (2006), “Madrasas (though not a substitute for regular schools) is obligatory for Muslim as, apart from providing basic education, they indulge as an important device of identity maintenance for the community”. The functioning of Madrasa has its own history of slow changes. A lot of steps have been taken to modernize the curriculum, structure, administration, planning and functioning of the Madrasas. The present study thinks about enriching the quality of education through enriching the various strategies of updating the knowledge level of teachers in the teachinglearning process by applying new strategies and techniques of teaching. The process of modernizing Madrasa is slow as the required changes are not taking place on time. Because of this, Madrasas couldn’t raise their quality to meet the challenges of the community. There is a need for restructure the functioning of Madrasas to keep them gorgeous for the children. There is a need for more and more use of modern technologies in administration, curriculum, teaching-learning, methodology, financing of Madrasa etc.

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