A body under the Islamc Education Board of the World Federation of KSIM Communities

Vision: Nurturing Piety

Mission: Enabling a learning environment that instils the values of Qur’an and the Ahlul Bayt a.s.

Click here to read more

Following the successful Madrasah Retreat held in Dubai in February 2011, in which over 25 madaris from Europe, East Africa, Middle East, North America, India and Pakistan were represented, a strategy document was prepared for the Madrasah Agenda of the World Federation of KSIM Communities. The document was approved at the World Federation Conference in May 2011.

In 2013, the MCE team produced an outline of the current status quo as well as how they will work towards creating the Tarbiyah curriculum. This involved detailed analysis of every other syllabus being used in Madaris around the world and also involved much research and engagement with scholars and individuals from inside and outside the community.

The result was the curriculum framework document (http://madrasahonline.org/tarbiyah-curriculum-framework/) and the following draft of the potential lessons (http://madrasahonline.org/tarbiyah-module-overview/). We understand that changes were made following global feedback to both these documents however those changes are not reflected in these current documents.

The lessons are reviewed at various stages and signed off by Sh. Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour and Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi.  It is our understanding that each lesson requires approximately 120 man hours from creation to review.

 

The Tarbiyah Curriculum provides a structured framework for us to deliver content that has been verified by scholars and undergone various checks.

Each lesson has taken approximately 120 hours to produce. With the lesson, comes a teacher’s guide assisting them at each step to ensure successful delivery of the lesson.

This exceeds the work undertaken by SIM in managing its own syllabus. At the moment, the SIM syllabus does not have inherent structure and framework.

Students of the Madressa will be the ultimate benefactors, benefiting from a syllabus that has been tailored for them.

It will not be easy adapting to a completely new curriculum and we will face initial teething problems. Adapting to the curriculum will be the main challenge, however we are confident that should SIM decide to proceed with the with this new curriculum then it will ultimately be a successful transition. Staff at all levels should be positive and voice any concerns, queries or suggestions as soon as possible so feedback can be collated and acted upon.

Teacher: You will be teaching an integrated lesson so there will be no more ‘departments’ aside from Qur’an which remains as it is. This is similar to what is being done in class 1-3 already where we have no identifiable subjects, but draw the important lessons and concepts out from stories, verses of the Quran, Hadith etc.

Head of Department (HoD): Aside from Quran, HoD roles for 5-12 will change from department based to year group based (similar to 1-4 already)

Learning Support: No changes anticipated – expect you to be able to continue to support students as per the curriculum.

An ‘integrated’ lesson means that each lesson may contain one or more concepts of:
– Akhlaq
– Tarikh
– Fiqh
– Aqaid
– Quran

This is similar to any verse in the Quran or even many Hadith, which will tackle many subjects collectively in just one sentance. The task of the teacher, with the necessary teaching guides, will be to draw out the concepts for their students

Not all lessons have each and every topic integrated within it.

SIM currently integrates all subjects for classes 1-3 and also integrated Tarikh and Akhlaq into MEH in 2016 for classes 4-10. In Aqaid, classes 4-10, there are references to the relevance of other subjects within the material.

The teacher’s guides provided with each lesson will give you all the material you need to deliver the lesson. It’ll give you activity ideas and details to ensure correct delivery of the content

Please remember, that just as today, we are teaching to young children and so the content is not likely to be pitched at a level above what we have in our own syllabus today.

The content will be age appropriate and we are aware through discussions with the MCE team that they have made changes to their own content to ensure it is relatable and accessible for the age group it is intended.

To learn more about the Tarbiyah Curriculum, the MCE Project and to view sample lessons visit www.madrasahonline.org

Learn more about the Curriculum Framework: http://madrasahonline.org/tarbiyah-curriculum-framework/

For the younger classes, there are story books and teaching guides. Each and every lesson plan will help teachers highlight the important points from each story.

For the older classes there are textbooks and teaching guides. The teaching guides will assist teachers in delivering the lesson such that key points are conveyed and understood by the students.

MCE is providing Curriculum training for all teachers in Madaris where the curriculum is going to be adapted. There is also  TSP (Teacher Skills Programme) training which SIM has made mandatory for all teachers. The TSP provides tools and skills for teachers to use within their classroom. To read more about the TSP click here.

Teaching Guides are also provided with the lessons.

To be prepared, ensure that you have undertaken training and keep up to date with the information communicated by the Madressa regarding MCE and the Tarbiyah Curriculum

No. The first step is the presentation on Inset Day with the MCE team and also to share the experiences of Hyderi Jamaat’s Madressa of their first year (2017) using the MCE syllabus. Beyond that, this resource page has been created and will continue to be updated. The Madressa will then ask staff at all levels to ‘vote’ on whether they wish to proceed and then a decision will be taken.