SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

A D M I N I S T R AT I O N O F

MADRASAH
EDUCATION
A R L A N P. P R E M A L I O N
 Learning Objectives
At the end of the session, the participants will be able to know the
administration of Madrasah education in the Philippines.

Define Madrasah Understand the

Education. curriculum in Madrasah
education.
Identify the three
Cite problems and
general Descriptive
solution of the Madrasah
types of Madrasah in
Education.
the Philippines.
 madrasah
education
Official Definition of Madrasah in
the Philippines. Generally refers to
Muslim private schools with core
emphasis on Islamic studies and
Arabic literacy.
 madrasah education
It is a privately-operated school which relies on the support
of the local community or foreign donors, particularly from
Islamic or Muslim countries. The madaris are the oldest
educational institution in Mindanao and are recognized to be
the single most important factor in the preservation of the
Islamic faith and culture in the Philippines.
 MAIN SUBJECTS IN
MUSLIM EDUCATION
THE QUR’AN FIQH HADITH
Sayings of the Prophet
The Holy Book Jurisprudence
Mohammed
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
THE IMPORTANCE OF
MADRASAH EDUCATION
IN THE LIVES OF
MUSLIM PEOPLE?
IS IT NECESSARY TO
HAVE SEPARATE
EDUCATIONAL SETTING
AND CURRICULUM FOR
MUSLIM PEOPLE? DOES
THE PROGRAM
PROMOTES
INCLUSIVITY? WHY?
 key understanding
ARABIC ISLAMIC BASIC
TERM
for SCHOOL INSTITUTIO TENETS
of ISLAM and
N ARABIC
LANGUAGE
 MADRASAH AND ITS

GLORIUOS
HISTORY
madrasah
in Different Colonization
education

In the Spanish period of colonization, Madrasah

was the only form of education available to the
Bangsa Moro.
madrasah
in Different Colonization
education
During the American period, the Western system of
secular education was introduced in Mindanao, Sulu, and
Palawan. However, the Moro Muslims rejected the
Western concept of education, thinking that it would
“Christianize” their children.
madrasah
in Different Colonization
education
During the period of Moro resistance against the
colonizers (Spain and U.S.A.), Madrasah
Education was the single institution that made
the survival of Islam possible in the Philippines.
 THE THREE TYPES
OF MADRASAH
E D U C AT I O N I N T H E
PHILIPPINES
 TYPES OF MADRASAH IN
THE PHILIPPINES

TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL STANDARD PRIVATE

or or or

Weekend Formal Integrated

Madrasah Madrasah Madrasah
 TYPES OF MADRASAH IN THE
PHILIPPINES
✔ Classes are held on Saturdays
and Sundays only.
TRADITIONAL ✔Non-graded and multi age
groupings
✔Teachers should be a graduate
of Madrasah or an Imam.
 TYPES OF MADRASAH IN THE
PHILIPPINES
✔ Teachings concentrate on
Islamic religious and cultural
DEVELOPMENTAL
subjects .
✔Mathematics and Sciences
are being taught.
✔Arabic as the medium of
instruction.
 TYPES OF MADRASAH IN THE
PHILIPPINES
✔ DepED Order No. 51, s. 2004,
prescribing the Standard
STANDARD OR Curriculum for Elementary
PRIVATE
Public Schools and Private
Madaris.
✔Madrasah has been
harmonized.
THE TWO TYPES OF
PRESCRIBED
CURRICULUM IN
MADRASAH AND
MUSLIM
E D U C AT I O N A L
INSTITUTION
THE
C U R R I C
• THE ENRICHED U L U M
CURRICULUM
FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOL
TEACHERS 2. THE STANDARD
CURRICULUM FOR
PRIVATE MADARIS
 THE
C U R R I Uses
THE ENRICHED C Uthe
LU M Language and
Arabic
CURRICULUM FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL Islamic Values Education
TEACHERS (ALIVE) taught by qualified
Asatidz (Muslim teachers) who
were trained by DepEd.
 THE Teaches subjects such as:
THE STANDARD
C UFOR
CURRICULUM RRICULUM ❑Qur'an
PRIVATE MADARIS ❑Seerah (Life Story of the Prophet),
❑Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet),
❑Aqueedah (conduct), Fiqh (jurisprudence)
❑Arabic language alongside Science, Math,
English, Filipino and Makabayan (Social
Studies, Livelihood Education and Values).
The Three Levels of
Tr a i n i n g A n d
Professional
Development for
M u s l i m Te a c h e r s .
 Three Levels of Training And
Professional Development
PROFESSIONALIZING
THE ASTIDZ
PRE-SERVICE STANDARD PRIVATE
Level 2

Level 1 Level 3
 LEVEL 1. Pre-Service: a 25-day live-in seminar-workshop on
Language Enhancement and Pedagogy (LEaP)

Entry Qualification: Competence in Arabic Language and Islamic

Studies, Training Modules consist of the following:

 Listening and Speaking English

 Reading and Writing English
 Teaching Methods and Lesson Plan Preparation
 Immersion to the Public School System
LEVEL 2. Professionalizing the Asatidz in the Public Schools
through the Accelerated Education Program

Entry qualification: Completed the LEaP Training Program

An intensive 12-month program for ALIVE

teachers in public schools
Mode of Delivery: Mixed-Mode schooling while
in-service/teaching
LEVEL 3. Inclusion of Arabic Language and Islamic Studies as two
additional major specializations in the curriculum

A steady and reliable source of professionally trained teachers

with specialization in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies shall
be ensured.

A curriculum for these two additional specializations shall be

designed and developed for approval of CHED.
 Road Map for
Upgrading Muslim
Basic Education.
 Principle 1

That Muslims, like all other Filipino citizens, shall have

intellectual and educational capacity to participate actively in
the social, economic and political endeavours of the country.
A progressive Muslim will be a peace-loving and patriotic
Filipino citizen who is able to compete in the job market
locally and globally to upgrade his/her quality of life.
 Principle 2
That Muslims as Filipino
citizens shall advance their
educational status, from which the
Philippine nation shall obtain
political and economic gains and
benefits that will ensure a steady
flow of investment, not only in
Mindanao but in the whole
country.
Principle 3
That Muslims as Filipino
citizens shall ensure sustained
and permanent peace through
access to Islamic-friendly
educational curriculum and
quality basic education
comparable to the rest of the
Filipino people.
 Principle 4
That there shall be a
strengthening of the present
Madrasah educational system
as vital component of the
national education system.
Principle 3
That the peace process shall be
enhanced when Filipino Muslims
are educated in Islamic-friendly
quality basic education which will
contribute to the eradication of
separatist sentiments in the minds
of present and future generations
of Filipino Muslims.
 Madrasah
Education: Issues
and Concerns
 Issues and Concerns

Limited financial support from the Insufficient textbooks and other

community and charitable institutions, reading materials,

Lack of school facilities and

inadequate resources
 Issues and Concerns

Unequal opportunity of being employed

Unqualified teachers and lack of as their counterparts who graduated in
competent administrators sectarian and non- sectarian schools.

Peace and order as an extraneous factor

affecting the normal operation of
madrasah.
RECOMMENDED
SOLUTIONS TO
ADDRESS THE
PROBLEMS
 The creation of a committee to
formulate a uniform pattern of
Issues and
curriculum relevant to the education Concerns
system of the country;
The establishment of a madrasah
educational foundation of the Philippines
to take charge and/or administer
donations, etc. from local/foreign
sources;
The formulation, development and
subsequent implementation of
programs to train and retrain madrasah
teachers;
 Increase DepEd subsidy to support the Issues and
implementation of the national curriculum,
teacher training and improvement of school Concerns
infrastructure.
That madrasah be considered as
institutions that may serve as an
effective instrument in the quest for
peace, national unity and development.

Tapping the expertise of agencies for

this purpose;
 Hire qualified Muslim Filipinos who
Issues and have strong knowledge in Islamic
Concerns education as faculty to teach in schools
and universities where there are
considerable number ofMuslim students.
Develop and enhance Madrasah
Curriculum that aims to integrate
Muslim students into mainstream
society and prepare them for an equal
opportunity of being employedin our
country.