| Thursday, March 03, 2005 |
| Most enriching experience so far... |
Met this madrasah girl, Hidayah whom I interviewed for my info-ed program.
She certainly helped me view a madrasah girl in a different light.
Not that I am against them or anything but I grew up hearing stories of madrasah girls who quit madrasah and end up doing odd jobs because madrasah does not impart their students with adequate academic knowledge and thus, having limited knowledge, one will end up working in factories and such right?
I also grew up listening to how "gatal", "mentel" and wild a madrasah girl can be.
In fact, in my secondary school days, there were occassions where I bumped into madrasah girls who were dating with mat-mat CD and flirting with them in the MRTs! A nauseating sight indeed!
But hey!
I was being biased all these years.
Filming at one of the madrasahs made me realise how badly in need they are of funds to help in the running of the school.
And check out the facilities!
Government schools are way, way better!
Big libraries, big science laboratories, big canteens, new tables and chairs in class,
air-conditioned classrooms.
And these are facilities which you will not enjoy if you are studying in a madrasah.
And why is that so?
Because they are self-funded and do not get much financial assistance to help improve and upgrade the school facilities.
But the students are definitely driven and self-motivated to study!
Statistics have shown that madrasah students are just as smart and talented as their secular counterparts.
Today, we have madrasah students in local universities.
And one of them is of course, Hidayah.
I guess the setbacks these madrasah students faced in their school have moulded them into independant, mature and driven individuals.
It is amazing how much participation and enthusiasm I saw in those primary 5 madrasah students' eyes when their ustazah was going through their English test papers.
It was something which I have not witnessed in my years as a student in primary school.
Maybe simply because at that age and time, we took our studies lightly and took everything we had for granted.
But for these students, their aim was to strike a balance in both their religious and academic knowledge.
And to prove to the rest of the world that a madrasah student is capable of achieving just as much success as a secular student.
It is true that not all madrasah students are good but that does not mean that there aren't any who are shining in their own path of success! |
| posted by norhayati @ 12:36 AM |
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