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Madrasha Darul Ulum Tahfijul Quranil Karim
Topic: Youth and Education / Student: Mats Estensen
Mats Estensen © 2009
Topic: Youth and Education / Student: Mats Estensen
Mats Estensen © 2009
This Madrasha is one of the smaller Islamic boys’ schools in Dhaka. The 90 students in the school differ from about 6 to 18 in age, and are divided into five classes. To me, the school is actually one of the most hospitable and open environments I’ve ever experienced.
This crying young student was one of Md. Salman’s closest friends and came to the first school day of the week knowing that his friend was going to go through a kidney transplant the very same day. The transplant went wrong and the school lost a great student.
The students study the Quran every day as a part of the Islamic Studies. A transcript of the Quran is handed out to the students instead of the whole book. These transcripts contain selections of an Arabic Quran with a Bengali translation, easier for the students to understand.
Learning and practising together is something that is highly valued at the Madrasha. In most of the subjects, the students use collaborative methods of learning. One class may be only a few students at the time, so the learning is at a much more personal level than in the typical school class.
As a school in the middle of a poor part of Dhaka, most of the students derive from a lower class family. For some of them, a family is just a vague memory from their early childhood before they were sent away as orphans. The Madrasha gives many a home where they can live their life in a decent condition, with educational options included.
Between classes the students sleep, relax and wash themselves. The students also take personal responsibility to do their chores as well. Except for the food, rest of the tasks a school requires is covered by the students’ work.
The students are learning Bengali, Urdu, Farsi, Arabic and English language. There are different methods of learning to the different students’ skills and level. Repeating the alphabet is one method of learning for the very youngest students.
To see how the students socialize and interact throughout the time I spent with them was an wonderful and interesting experience. Spending all the day together, the students bond in a unique way, different from a regular school. Education, friendship and fellowship are firmly linked with each other through the Madrasha.
This Madrasha is a beautiful place with a lot of love and kindness to it. I’m happy I got the chance to experience it, and share a small part of it through the photographs in this story./Special thanks to
Imtiazul Haque, Pathshala
Salma Abedin Prithi, Pathshala
Abdur Rahman, Madrasha teacher
Md. Al-Emran Hossain, Madrasha teacher
All the students at Madrasha Darul Ulum Tahfijul Quranil Karim
In memory of Md. Salman - 2000-2009
Student of Madrasha Darul Ulum Tahfijul Quranil Karim
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