Education With Strong Islamic And Malay Values

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam - Producing Bruneians who are able to play their part in the present day knowledge-based economy and at the same time, remain imbued with strong Islamic and Malay values is one of the challenges for the Ministry of Education.

The Sultanate's education policies have been established with the aim of achieving these goals, including the policy of facilitating the merger of religious schools under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the schools under the Ministry of Education under the concept of one roof following His Majesty's call for unity in education.

Founded on the National Philosophy of Malay Islamic Monarchy, Brunei Darussalam's Education Philosophy also incorporates two key elements, namely naqli (on the basis of the noble Quran and authentic Hadith) and Agli (on the basis of reasoning) where these two elements are essential in the development of individuals to their fullest potential, thus bringing forth people who are knowledgeable, skilful, faithful, pious, and of excellent character that are fundamental in the realisation/emergence of a national identity based on the national philosophy as well as Islamic teachings in accordance with Ahli Sunnah Wal-Jamaah, which is an important foundation for ensuring loyalty to Islam, the Monarch and the nation.

While its vision is to have quality education towards a developed, peaceful and prosperous nation and the mission of providing holistic education to achieve fullest potential for all, it sets the objectives to maximise the intellectual, spiritual, emotional, social and physical potential of every individual, for the formation of a developed society that is strongly founded on the Malay Islamic Monarchy philosophy.

For the past 25 years, Brunei's education system has progressed steadily, amongst all the implementation of the National Education System for the 21st Century, or SPN 21, the establishment of higher education institutions such as UBD and ITB, the Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA), the establishment of which was consented by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam on Jan 1, 2007.

His Majesty also consented to upgrade the Maktab Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan established on July 5, 1975 to a university standard with the name of Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan (KUPUSB) on Jan 20, 2007. It began its first education programme early August the same year.

UBD has also moved a step further with the introduction of its GenNEXT in August last year, a new generation of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, a change that will align the university with some of the best practices in the world.

Approved by Brunei's Ministry of Education, SPN 21 is implemented progressively in stages; Interim stage was implemented in 2008 for Year 7 (PSR 2007 cohort); the primary level implementation will take place (2009) this year forYear 1 and Year 4; and full implementation at primary level in 2011.

SPN 21 was introduced because the traditional education system was designed for a very different world than what it has become today. This year also saw Islamic Religious Knowledge in schools added as one of the core subjects.

During the 2009-2010 financial year, the Ministry of Education has plans to continue improving the infrastructure in various education institutions through an ongoing project called Projek BISAI that would provide an environment for conducive and effective teaching and learning.

The Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam has allocated six per cent of the 2007-2012 National Development Plan budget for 95 projects in education, the provision and upgrading of school facilities, Info-Communication Technology, research in science and technology, as well as improving the capacity of the human resource.

It includes the allocation of more than 65 million dollars for extension projects to Science faculty, Institute of Medicine, Institute of Education, Students Affairs, library, sports complex and lecture theatres: ITB has been allocated with a budget of 30 million dollars for phase 3 of its infrastructure construction and MoE is also planning a permanent campus for UNISSA.

It is hoped that with the extension of these buildings and infrastructure, the objectives of MoE will be met to raise the student entry rate from 13 per cent to 30 per cent in the near future and at the same time upgrade the quality of facilities for students studying at respective universities. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin (Lyna Mohamad)

Source: http://www.brudirect.com
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