ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN ISLAMIYYAH SCHOOLS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE
ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN ISLAMIYYAH SCHOOLS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE
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2011-06
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MACCIDO, SAFIYA M.
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some non Muslims and ignorant Muslims undermine or relegate
women Islamiyyah schools as a place where only devotional
practices are taught and reward of which could only be obtained in
the hereafter. They regard women Islamiyyah schools to be primitive
and uncivilized. Many people cannot differentiate between Islamiyya
schools and traditional Qur’anic schools which syllabus is solely
restricted to the rote learning of the Glorious Qur”an. It is assumed in
this research that these misconceptions are due to lack of proper
knowledge of Islamic education and lack of adequate dissemination
of research findings on women Islamiyyah schools. This study has
thus, attempted to assess the contributions of women Islamiyyah to
the development of education in some selected Islamiyyah schools in
Kaduna State. With the use of Likert type questionnaire and
interview, it was revealed that Islamiyya teachers and students do not
limit their search for knowledge to ritual or religious aspects of Islam;
they are also engaged in acquiring Western system of education.
This is an evidence that Islam is a complete way of life which
Islamiyyah schools do try to uphold. The respondents agreed that the
curriculum of women Islmiyyah schools is not limited to Qur’an alone.
It includes other supporting subjects necessary for the understanding
of the Qur’an in particular and Islam in general. This reject the notion
that the Qur’anic schools are not different from those of Islamiyyah as
the curriculum of the former is limited to the rote learning of the
Qur’an while the latter is broader in scope including Qur’an, Hadith,
Fiqh, Tauhid, Arabic among others. The finding also suggests that the
first Null Hypothesis of “There is no significant difference between the
syllabus of Qur’anic schools and that of women Islamiyyah schools”,
is rejected. 86% of the respondents show that women Islamiyyah
schools are relevant to the understanding and performance of ritual
practices of Islam. The fact that Islamiyyah schools educate Muslim
women how to worship Allah, is a very significant contribution not
only to education in Kaduna State but also to civilization in the
country at large. 77.99% of Islamiyyah teachers and students from
the sampled areas believe the schools have very good bearing on the
social interaction of women with their husbands, parents, children,
neighbours and society at large. These results are responses to the
second and third Null Hypotheses which say, “There is no significant
relationship between the teachings of Islamiyyah schools and acts of
Ibadat of Muslim women” and “There is no significant relationship
between the teachings of Islamiyyah schools and social life of Muslim
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women”. The two Null Hypotheses are equally not accepted due to
the fact that 86% and 77.99% of the respondents respectively reject
any claim of lack of relevance of Islamiyyah schools to acts of Ibadat
and social lives of Muslim women. The fact that 28% of the respondents
have shown that they do have female teachers in their schools; it is a giant step
to the right direction even though the percentage is far below to that of those who
do not have female teachers in their schools (72%). Some decades back it was
unthinkable to have women teaching in Islamiyyah due to the simple reason that
advanced study on Islam was restricted to men only. Another positive finding for
this research is the fact that many husbands have realized the positive impact of
Islamiyyah schools on their wives and so they do allow them to attend the
schools. 57% of the subjects studied in this research reject the Null Hypothesis
VI which says, “Muslim men do not allow their wives to attend Islamiyyah
schools”. This implies that Islamiyyah schools are very significant to Muslims in
Kaduna State if not the husbands will not allow their wives to attend them.
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A thesis sumitted by DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
(Islamic Studies Section)
Faculty of Education
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
JUNE, 2011
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, CONTRIBUTIONS,, WOMEN,, ISLAMIYYAH SCHOOLS,, DEVELOPMENT,, EDUCATION,, KADUNA STATE.