Hi Abdullah if you drop by Cebu you were see mosque located in Mambaling near the road which leads straight to Labangon. The mosque is easy to notice as the building is standing right next to South National Road and big group of muslim community, similarly like Singapore. In Isabela Gamu there had only a handful of Filipino Muslim community.
In Philippine illustrated by Department of Education Undersecretary for Muslim Affairs, Dr. Manaros B. Boransing, gives the following definition and types of madrasah in the Philippines:
Madrasah (pl. madaris) generally refers to Muslim private schools with core emphasis on Islamic studies and Arabic literacy. 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.
There are three general descriptive types of madrasah in the Philippines.
1. Traditional or weekend madrasah. Instruction is basically religious. It is considered as non-formal education due to its characteristics: (a) classes are held on Saturdays and Sundays only or days agreed upon by the teacher and the students/pupils; (b) it does not have a formal curriculum; (c) it is non-graded and may have multi-age grouping; and (d) it only requires its teachers to be graduates of a madrasah or to be an imam (Muslim religious leader).
2. Developmental or formal madrasah. This type offers hierarchically structured education and sequential learning generally attuned with the formal education system. It operates like a regular school where the students go through madrasah edadi (pre-school), to madrasah sanawi (high school). The teachings concentrate on Islamic religious and cultural subjects and include some mathematics and sciences courses, with Arabic as the medium of instruction. Expectedly, the madaris students lack competitive skills required for employment and are not eligible for transfer to regular schools because the madaris do not implement the standard curriculum of the Department of Education. This type is not recognized and accredited by the Department of Education.
3. Standard private madrasah. This type of madrasah has been harmonized, upgraded and modified to become a component of the Philippine education system through the issuance of DepED Order No. 51, s. 2004, prescribing the Standard Curriculum for Elementary Public Schools and Private Madaris. Henceforth, all madrasah institutions in the country shall be required to adopt and implement said standard curriculum to obtain government recognition and accreditation. In the public schools, the enriched curriculum is likewise prescribed mandating the offering of Arabic language and Islamic values for Muslim students throughout the country in areas where there is a Muslim population. Salam
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