Arabic board conducts mock exam for 1370 students in Kwara

Date: 2017-05-14

A total of 1370 students from private arabic schools yesterday sat for qualifying examination conducted for them in Kwara State ahead of the forthcoming Senior Islamic School Examination.

The examination was at the instance of Kwara State Arabic Education Board with strict monitoring by the state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development.

The mock examination, which was conducted simultaneously, took place at designated centres in Ilorin, Lafiagi, Patigi, Shonga Osi and Oke-Iya, all in Kwara State.

Findings by The Herald On Sunday showed that successful candidates in the qualifying examination would enjoy sponsorship to participate in the examination to be conducted later by the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Examination.

Speaking with Journalists yesterday at the state College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), a designated centre for Ilorin, the Chairman, state Arabic Education Board, Dr Abdulkadir Oba Solagberu, said the qualifying examination signposted educational development in the state.

He explained that Nigeria as a multilingual state needs to groom students of Islamic and Arabic Schools for positions of authorities in the future.

Solagberu stated that the recent development in the education sector had affirmed the usefulness of arabic and islamic education contrary to the age long mundane impression.

He said there should not be any form of discrimination or whatsoever as arabic language has been reckoned with globally.

"Nigeria is a multilingual state. If you are looking into English as an official mode of communication and others, arabic is too is an international language. You have to learn it if you want future for yourself.

"When you learn arabic, you can become anything in the society; you can become a big man, scholar and professor as being done in English. So, the impact and importance of arabic education is not limited to Mosque, funeral or naming ceremonies as ignorance used to say", he said.

Solagberu expressed appreciation to the state government for giving arabic students opportunity to participate in the mock examination.

The Dean of Arts, University of Ilorin, Professor Ahmad Abdussalam, who also monitored the examination, lauded the Arabic Board for the conduct of the mock examination, saying it was part of contribution of the government to the development of society in the state.

He noted that the study of arabic will instill in the students required skills and prepare them to make positive contribution to the society.

Abdussalam urged the board to create more awareness on the importance of arabic education and appealed to the state government to sustain the qualifying examination.

"The study of arabic in Kwara State is a very important phenomenon, and graduates of this schools have contributed and still contributing to the development of the state and Nigeria in general.

"And of course, such an exam will prepare the citizens of Kwara for real examination, and it is part of government's effort to graduate the students of its schools in Kwara with certification that will qualify them for the available chances and also prepare them to give positive contribution to the development of the state in terms of skills", Abdussalam said.

Also speaking, the Coordinator of Administration to the Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Suleiman Jamiu; Professor Mashood Mahmood Jimba and the Director Curriculum and Assessment, state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mr Abubakar Babatunde Ahmed, expressed delight over the conduct of the mock examination, pointing out that the state government had taken the bull by the horn and urged it to sustain the initiative.

They added that the mock examination would not only encourage Islamic education but also arabic education, saying that with the exam, there was a paradigm shift.

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ahmed Alhasssan     Damilola Yusuf     Computer Based Test     N-Power     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Ibrahim Akaje     Anilelerin     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Raymond Olaitan     Apado     Moses Adekanye     Yusuf Ali     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Old Oyo     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Paul Olawoore     Hausa     Simon Sayomi     Alanamu     Abikan     Okin Group     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Yahya Mohammed     Bayo Onimago     Tsaragi/Share     Igbaja     Gwanara     Kola Bukoye     Mujtabah Bature     NTA Ilorin     Yoruba     Ahmad Lawan     Tunde Oyawoye     Salaudeen Oyewale     Saliu Mustapha     Samuel Adaramola     Fulani     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Bilikis Oladimeji     Ope Saraki     Bashiru Makama     Emir Of Yashikira     Lawan     Elese Of Igbaja     Ben Duntoye     Bola Shagaya     Yinka Aluko     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Imam Gambari     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     JAAC     John Kehinde Salako     Bello Abubakar     Oba-Solagberu     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Sai Kayi     Isiaka Yusuf     Samuel Adedoyin     Vasolar Consultoria     Mogaji Aare     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Ishola Moses Abiodun     AIT Ilorin     Nagode     Oyun     Baaziki Sulaiman     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Moses Salami     Naira Redesign     Sobi     Bilikisu Gambari     Wahab Isa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Hamza Usman     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Folorunsho Erubu     Lateef Fagbemi     Tope Daramola     Magaji Erubu     Hassan Saliu     Jaigbade Alao     Hamidu Olowo     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Adedipe     Umaru Saro     IYA ALFA NLA     Yakubu Danladi     Ubandawaki     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Florence Saraki     Old Oyo     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     ASKOMP     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Aro Yahaya     Arca Santa     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Rotimi Oyedepo     CCB     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Student Learning Support Helpline     ITEM 7     Bello Bature     KWACOBPA     FOMWAN     Femtech     Code Of Conduct     Madawaki     Computer Based Test     Ahmed Alhasssan     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Alabere     UITH     PPS     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     ASUU     Yusuf Abubakar     Bolakale Ayo     Yusuf A. Usman     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     New Nigeria People’s Party     Hijab     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Radio Kwara     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Oloriegbe     Forgo Battery     Firdaos Amasa     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Alao Ayotunde     Ramadhan     Bello Oyedepo     Kwarareports     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Sam Okaula     Maja     Bola Tinubu     Saka Saadu     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Radio SBS     Baba Issa Awoye     Chikanda