USAID Supports Comprehensive Islamic Education

 

 

The U.S. Government strongly supports the vision of the leaders of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to achieve lasting peace and development in Mindanao through comprehensive Islamic education.

 

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently conducted a one-week training class for ustadzes (Islamic teachers) to integrate English, science, and math into the basic Islamic and Arabic teaching in madrasahs.  The training was held by USAID’s Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills (EQuALLS) Project, which works throughout the Philippines on programs to improve the quality of education for Filipino schoolchildren.  The EQuALLS Project includes a Mindanao-focused education program called ASCEND-Mindanao. 

 

At a ceremony to mark the training, ARMM Department of Education Undersecretary Manaros Boransing said that implementing the Revised Basic Education Curriculum is important to develop future Moro leaders who are deeply rooted in their Islamic faith while being fully attune to developments in the Philippines and the global community.

 

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