Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa
The note examines the practical, and literate skills that students acquire at different levels in West African Koranic schools. It is a long-standing parallel system of education, yet, relatively unknown to development planers, thus seldom taken in...
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okr-10986-108272021-06-14T11:03:18Z Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa Easton, Peter LITERACY PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ISLAM EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS CULTURAL DIFFUSION QUALITY OF EDUCATION ARABIC LANGUAGE TRAINING OF TEACHERS WRITING INSTRUCTION NUMERACY SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADDITION ADULT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES INSTRUCTION LANGUAGES LAWS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LITERACY MALE STUDENTS MARKETING MORALITY NUMERACY PARTNERSHIP READING RELIGIOUS CULTURE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SPEAKING TEACHERS UNIVERSITIES The note examines the practical, and literate skills that students acquire at different levels in West African Koranic schools. It is a long-standing parallel system of education, yet, relatively unknown to development planers, thus seldom taken into explicit account in their policies, and strategies. Islamic educational systems have been present since the seventh century, and by the tenth century, communities of Muslim merchants, and scholars were established in many commercial centers region wide. The system of Islamic learning across West Africa is several-tiered, though less rigidly structured than its Western counterpart. Nonetheless, and despite a uniformity tendency toward underlying religious culture, and basic orientation, the nature and quality of instruction in Koranic schools, and the Islamic system as a whole, vary tremendously from region to region. Given that understanding of Arabic - modern or classic - beyond the Koranic texts is rare, the highest levels of practical literacy are most frequently found in areas where there is a developed system for transcribing African language with Arabic characters. The note concludes that basic Islamic instruction has dimensions of practical application, i.e., it constitutes an introduction to the technology of writing, and to a lesser extent, to numeracy; it is a training, as well as local leadership; and, has always been an avenue for social, and economic advancement. 2012-08-13T13:13:20Z 2012-08-13T13:13:20Z 1999-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/08/1671247/education-koranic-literacy-west-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10827 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 11 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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LITERACY PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ISLAM EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS CULTURAL DIFFUSION QUALITY OF EDUCATION ARABIC LANGUAGE TRAINING OF TEACHERS WRITING INSTRUCTION NUMERACY SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADDITION ADULT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES INSTRUCTION LANGUAGES LAWS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LITERACY MALE STUDENTS MARKETING MORALITY NUMERACY PARTNERSHIP READING RELIGIOUS CULTURE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SPEAKING TEACHERS UNIVERSITIES |
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LITERACY PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ISLAM EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS CULTURAL DIFFUSION QUALITY OF EDUCATION ARABIC LANGUAGE TRAINING OF TEACHERS WRITING INSTRUCTION NUMERACY SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADDITION ADULT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES INSTRUCTION LANGUAGES LAWS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LITERACY MALE STUDENTS MARKETING MORALITY NUMERACY PARTNERSHIP READING RELIGIOUS CULTURE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SPEAKING TEACHERS UNIVERSITIES Easton, Peter Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa |
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The note examines the practical, and
literate skills that students acquire at different levels in
West African Koranic schools. It is a long-standing parallel
system of education, yet, relatively unknown to development
planers, thus seldom taken into explicit account in their
policies, and strategies. Islamic educational systems have
been present since the seventh century, and by the tenth
century, communities of Muslim merchants, and scholars were
established in many commercial centers region wide. The
system of Islamic learning across West Africa is
several-tiered, though less rigidly structured than its
Western counterpart. Nonetheless, and despite a uniformity
tendency toward underlying religious culture, and basic
orientation, the nature and quality of instruction in
Koranic schools, and the Islamic system as a whole, vary
tremendously from region to region. Given that understanding
of Arabic - modern or classic - beyond the Koranic texts is
rare, the highest levels of practical literacy are most
frequently found in areas where there is a developed system
for transcribing African language with Arabic characters.
The note concludes that basic Islamic instruction has
dimensions of practical application, i.e., it constitutes an
introduction to the technology of writing, and to a lesser
extent, to numeracy; it is a training, as well as local
leadership; and, has always been an avenue for social, and
economic advancement. |
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Easton, Peter |
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Easton, Peter |
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Easton, Peter |
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Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa |
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Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa |
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Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa |
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Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa |
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Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa |
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education and koranic literacy in west africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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