By Orton Kiishweko / TheCitizen Newspaper
Madrasa centres may in future become fully accredited schools, Zanzibar’s deputy chief minister Ali Juma Shamuhuna said yesterday.
He was speaking during the launch in Dar es Salaam of a book on the 25 years experience of the madrasa programme in the country.
Mr Shamuhuna represented Zanzibar president Amani Abeid Karume at the function organised by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
Recently at Diamond Jubilee hall in Dar es Salaam, Mr Shamuhuna launched a publication- “The Madrasa Childhood Programme: 25 years of experience.”
The book contains research, lessons and best practices of the AKDN’s education programmes to help both policymakers and practitioners in their work.
The AKDN, which manages the programme, marked the 25th anniversary of the Madrasa Early Childhood Development Programme.
“The Madrasa Programme was launched a quarter century ago at the request of East Africa’s Muslim leaders. They wanted to improve the overall educational achievement of their children while at the same time promoting a secular, integrated curriculum based on the universal ethics and values of Islam and local cultural traditions,” said the Madrasa regional committee chairman, Dr Farouk Topan.
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