ANTIQUE – The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Antique plans to open the Madrasah Education for Muslim secondary learners for the school year 2024-2025.
Dr. Eleanore Dagala, DepEd Antique supervisor for Aralin Panlipunan, to which the Madrasah Education belongs, said on Wednesday that two schools in San de Buenavista had been teaching Arabic language and Islamic values to elementary learners.
This is part of the inclusive program for Muslim learners in the province, with the support of Dr. Nicasio S. Frio, Schools Division Superintendent.
Starting this coming school year, these two subjects will also be open to secondary learners, Dagala said.
“This school year, there are 55 Muslim learners at the San Fernando Elementary School and 85 at the Gov. Santos Capadocia Memorial School that are taking Madrasah Education,” she said.
Each subject is taught for one hour daily.
Dagala added that Muslim teachers would be hired to teach the Arabic language and Islamic values.
The opening of Madrasah Education at the secondary level will provide competencies of a higher level to the learners and strengthen their values, including perseverance, love for peace, gratitude, and a sense of responsibility, she also said.
In a separate interview, Muslim college student Esmail Guro Rimpa said he was grateful that Antiqueños respected their tradition as they were able to celebrate Eid’l Fitr, or the end of Ramadan, peacefully.
Rimpa, along with several other Muslims, gathered at Barangay 3 plaza in San Jose de Buenavista to celebrate Eid’l Fitr on Wednesday, April 10.
Rimpa’s family originated in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. (A.C. Petinglay, with a report from N.K. Millondaga, PNA OJT/PNA)/PN
