THE ELEMENTARY STAGE (TITTIBIRI):
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THE ELEMENTARY STAGE (TITTIBIRI):
This consists of pupils of about five (5) to fourteen years old. At this stage, the pupils are introduced to Arabic alphabets just as children in the formal type of Education are introduced to A, B, C, and D. They first learn the consonants (Babbaku) without vowels, and after learning all the consonants, which are twenty-eight in number, they learn each of the consonants with vowels (wasulla) called Farfaru. The vowels in Arabic are five (5). They are Fat’ha, Kasra, Damma, Sukun, and Tashdid, and they are used in forming words. Learning of Babbaku and Farfaru in Qur’anic Education are indispensable. It is very necessary in ensuring fluency in the proper pronunciation of Arabic letters from their roots and proficiency in word articulation pertinent in realizing and appreciating the correct interpretation of the Qur’an, its melody and unique features. This stage is often regarded as the most primary to the Educational progress of pupils later in life. That is why muslim parents make sure that their children are well grounded with the requirements of this stage.After the pupils have learnt these, the teacher will start writing on their wooden board, the late (allo), short verse and surah for them to learn and commit to memory. As the pupil progresses in this stage, he is gradually introduced to the art of writing, which develops his writing skills. In this, the teacher or other senior students in the school continuously guide
him. After writing, he now goes to the Malam or his representative to read the written portion in a process called Darsu or Biyawa. The teacher reads and the pupils repeat after him until he is satisfied that the pupils are reading correctly as is expected. This continues until the art of writing is perfected after which the pupil is now allowed by the Mallam to be reading from pages of the Qur’an directly. He reads and observes some of the rules of Tajwid (The Science of the recitation of the Holy Qur’an) unconsciously, until he completes learning the whole Qur’an. You should at this juncture note that not all the students would complete this stage of learning. Some would withdraw and take on some trade to earn a living, and others,
especially girls will be withdrawn by their parents for marriage. Some of course would continue depending on their husbands. This stage concludes what may be called the elementary education. Whatever the child may learn after this stage is considered within the scope of Adult Education in which specialization features most.
In addition to these, further instructions on Islamic rituals are given, and in most cases, the teacher demonstrates how these rituals are performed. Hence, direct acquisition of the rites of ablution, tayammum, prayer and other rituals are issued at this stage, although much of it are to be later learnt at the next stage.
ADULT EDUCATION STAGE
“Pupils in this stage are mostly adolescents who in most cases have completed the reading of Al-Qur’an at least once and also know some basic principles of Islam” (Fafunwa, 1974). The curriculum of this stage is diversified and structured to reflect areas students wish to specialize in. He first starts learning what may be called general studies. The meaning of what he learnt and committed to memory before is now taught to him in the process called Tarjama and exegesis (Tafsir). He is equally introduced to the tradition of the prophet (S.A.W) called Hadith being the most comprehensive details of the content of the Qur’an, which he learnt during his elementary level of studies. Other courses include Arabic grammar and its components i.e. as-sarf (grammatical inflexions) an-nahw (syntax) al-mantiq (logic), al-ma’ni wal bayan (rhetoric and versification) and Ishiriniyat (poetry). Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), al-aqaid (theology), Ilmul usul (rules and principles of the interpretation of laws), al-Jabr wal muqabalah (algebra) and al hisab were equally taught.
Normally as is the case the student spends much of his time learning these subjects from different teachers as no one teacher specializes in all these areas. Alternatively, different teachers teach the different subjects where they are available. Having learnt these different subjects, the student now chooses a subject for specialization. In the olden days, he proceeds to a university of international repute to continue with his studies there. Universities of al-Az’har, Timbuktu, Sankore and Jenne used to and still serve as international centres oflearning. With increased understanding and difficulties in getting access to these institutions nowadays, renown Islamic scholars, competent enough to teach these areas do the job.
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