Building “confident and competent individuals who have a firm belief in Islam, a strong sense of self and national identity” is one of the visions of National Curriculum Framework (NCF). And, “Practicing Islam” is one among the eight key competencies of the NCF which are essential for individuals to live, learn and contribute as active members of the nation and the world. Namoona program aims to develop teachers to achieve the vision of NCF with a focus on “Practicing Islam”, the first key competency of NCF.
Namoona program was launched in April 2017 in Fuvahmulah City. In 2017, we have trained more than 600 teachers since the launch of this program. Alhamdhulillah, the progress and acceptance of the program was phenomenal. The participants gave an overall score of 96% for the program. Nevertheless, we experience many challenges, which also gave us, lots of insight to further develop and enrich the program. With the positive feedback from participants, we are ever more excited to make 2020 better, insha Allah. In 2020, we plan to target more atolls across the country instead of minimizing it to a hand full, and shorten the workshop from 12 hours to 8 hours.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM
- To educate and train teachers to display values in their behavior within work and outside work environment, and help them in becoming exemplary Muslims
- To train teachers to incorporate values in their lesson plans and activities.
- Educate teachers to the methods used by the Best Teacher, our Prophet (saw), his methods of teaching and correcting people’s mistake, and its implications in modern educational context.
- To clear extremist ideas and misconceptions about Islam and harvest love for Islam and society.
- Training teachers to inculcate love for Islam in students
COURSE STRUCTURE
To make it more interesting and beneficial the program is redesigned based on the feedback. The new shortened structure of course, together with activities is the new recipe.
The content and methods used in the training programs are proven, well established methods, delivered by professionals in respective fields.
Namoona program requires a minimum of 8 hours. The following topics will be covered during the course;
- Sincerity; Teaching for the sake of Allah.
- Beauty and relevance of Islam in modern times
- Faith and worship of a teacher
- Character and values of a teacher
- Prophet Muhammad as a teacher
- Prophetic teaching techniques and methods
- Incorporating Islam in Lessons
