Call to make Islamic studies job-oriented
Monday, April 7, 2008
HIGHER Islamic Education needs to be flexible so that it may remain relevant and capable of creating a viable human resource that can facilitate the development of the country and its community.
Time and time again, intellectuals from the region and those within Brunei Darussalam have stressed the need for keeping up with the times and to remain relevant in this era of globalisation.
Higher Islamic Education is not forgotten as was stated by Professor Dato' Dr Abdul Shukor, the vice-chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, at the International Seminar on Higher Islamic Studies that was held in conjunction with the one year anniversary of the Universiti Sultan Sharif Ali (Unissa).
Not only that, higher Islamic learning institutions should have a clear destination and strategic plans for both short and long term, so as to prepare themselves to deal with the challenges in developing human resource of high quality with skills and relevant with the national development, said the vice-chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia.
In relation to this, institutions need a dynamic, integrated and relevant curriculum that could promote the development of graduates as role models of high quality, creative and with positive minds, he added.
The vice-chancellor also highlighted another crucial issue that educational institutions should focus on, which is unemployment among graduates.
He pointed out that the number of graduates without jobs were increasing particularly among graduates of Islamic studies.
He suggested that in an effort to reduce this, students should be given skill courses during their studies at the institutions to make them more marketable.
Professor Dato' Dr Abdul Shukor Hj Husin said that all areas of studies and courses offered should have values and accreditation that could be accepted by scholars and the related industries.
He said mastery of languages should be given special attention especially the Arabic language as the main source of Islamic knowledge and also English language in order to produce graduates who are confident and are able to communicate in the scholarly world and in the society.
He went on to say that the borderless world of today has opened up many challenges for higher institutions, including higher Islamic education.
This, he said, demanded the landscape of such institutions to change in order to stay relevant and accepted by the modern society.
This would also require extra attention to be put on producing graduates who were not only knowledgeable in their respective area of expertise, but also managed to practise them.
Modern graduates need to be technology-literate and at the same time appreciate the Islamic teachings and the pure values they embodied and applied them in their everyday lives and guide them in contributing to the society, religion and nation.
The Brunei Times
Time and time again, intellectuals from the region and those within Brunei Darussalam have stressed the need for keeping up with the times and to remain relevant in this era of globalisation.
Higher Islamic Education is not forgotten as was stated by Professor Dato' Dr Abdul Shukor, the vice-chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, at the International Seminar on Higher Islamic Studies that was held in conjunction with the one year anniversary of the Universiti Sultan Sharif Ali (Unissa).
Not only that, higher Islamic learning institutions should have a clear destination and strategic plans for both short and long term, so as to prepare themselves to deal with the challenges in developing human resource of high quality with skills and relevant with the national development, said the vice-chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia.
In relation to this, institutions need a dynamic, integrated and relevant curriculum that could promote the development of graduates as role models of high quality, creative and with positive minds, he added.
The vice-chancellor also highlighted another crucial issue that educational institutions should focus on, which is unemployment among graduates.
He pointed out that the number of graduates without jobs were increasing particularly among graduates of Islamic studies.
He suggested that in an effort to reduce this, students should be given skill courses during their studies at the institutions to make them more marketable.
Professor Dato' Dr Abdul Shukor Hj Husin said that all areas of studies and courses offered should have values and accreditation that could be accepted by scholars and the related industries.
He said mastery of languages should be given special attention especially the Arabic language as the main source of Islamic knowledge and also English language in order to produce graduates who are confident and are able to communicate in the scholarly world and in the society.
He went on to say that the borderless world of today has opened up many challenges for higher institutions, including higher Islamic education.
This, he said, demanded the landscape of such institutions to change in order to stay relevant and accepted by the modern society.
This would also require extra attention to be put on producing graduates who were not only knowledgeable in their respective area of expertise, but also managed to practise them.
Modern graduates need to be technology-literate and at the same time appreciate the Islamic teachings and the pure values they embodied and applied them in their everyday lives and guide them in contributing to the society, religion and nation.
The Brunei Times
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