Contemporary Primary Sources :: Legislation :: 22 Dhū al-Ḥijja 1433 / 6 November 2012
Simeule Regency Qanun No. 31 of 2012 on Primary Qur'anic Education Administration
Bupati Simeulue, Posted by Daniel Peterson, 07 July 2016
This qanun states that the administration of primary Qur'anic education (Taman Pendidikan Al-Qur'an - TPA) covers:
- Islamism;
- belief and God-mindfulness;
- utility;
- transparency;
- modelling;
- efficacy and efficiency; and
- accountability (art 2).
It states that TPA is designed to improve the Qur'anic and Arabic literacy of students between 4-17 years of age, and that there must be at least one TPA in every village with its own principal/head (art 4). The average term of TPA study for a student is two years, although it can be extended (art 8(1)). The TPA curriculum, at a minimum, is to comprise:
- Qur'anic literacy;
- pronunciation and intonation;
- worship;
- memorisation of short letters and selected verses;
- Qur'anic discussion;
- writing and connecting hijaiyah script;
- Islamic etiquette and memorisation of daily prayers;
- the tenets of dinul Islam; and
- to give infaq and sadaqah (art 19(1)).