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The Curriculum Development (CD) team of the Madrasah Centre of Excellence (MCE), in conjunction with the Centre of Islamic Learning (CIL), NASIMCO, held a consultation workshop on the Draft Curriculum Framework for Madrasah in Toronto on Saturday 21 st June 2014. This was the last regional workshop that MCE was conducting on the curriculum framework.
40 participants from Madaris in Toronto, Buffalo, Los Angeles, Miami, Kitchener, Vancouver, Orlando, Minnesota, Boston, New Jersey and New York attended the full-day programme. The CIL team was represented by Al Haj Gulam Najafi, Al Haj Hasnain Walji, Siddika bai Jessa, brother Aqil Najafi and brother Arif Teja.
The programme included the following topics:
Introduction and update from MCE
Journey so far in Curriculum Development
An overview of the integrated approach
The Qur’anic Worldview for the curriculum
Main themes of the Curriculum Framework
Presentation of demo lessons
Planning the transition and implementation of the MCE curriculum
Next steps and piloting
Questions & Answers
At the end of the workshop, the participants were asked three questions:
Do you agree with the integrated approach?
Should MCE proceed with developing lessons?
Would your madrasah be willing to participate in piloting the MCE curriculum?
In line with responses from other regions, over 95% of the participants answered in the affirmative to each question.
Members of the CD team were Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi, Shaykh Safder Jaffer, Dr Bashir Datoo, brother Aly Nasser and Al-Haj Naushad Mehrali. For further details about the curriculum framework, please email [email protected]
The CD team members were delighted to have had the opportunity to attend the Recognition Day ceremonies at each of the three Madaris in Toronto (Al-Qaaim, Al-Haadi and Al-Muntadhir) on the day after the workshop.
Revue MCE 2015
Le Madrasah Centre of Excellence (MCE) a quatre différents axes de travail:
1. Développement du Curriculum (Syllabus)
2. Développement des Enseignants
3. Ressources Éducatives
4. Évaluations
En 2015, nous avons travaillé avec des organismes régionaux sur l'amélioration de chacun de ces domaines pour nous assurer que les étudiants de notre madrasah apprennent dans les meilleures conditions qu’il soit.
Updated 20 November 2013
The World Federation is looking for a volunteer who will work as a podcast coordinator with the Islamic Education team.
The volunteer’s responsibilities will include creating an account with podcast platforms and providers as well as meeting with presenters and interviewees to record interviews among other details.
The memory of my first day in Iran is still fresh in my mind; climbing up the slight slope towards the Jamia blocks, dragging my heavy suitcases and being greeted warmly by the mentors who had already arrived. That’s when it hit home. This is real. This is the beginning - the first step.
