Following our stop over from Malabar Mosque, we headed all the way down the road and towards our next stop - Alsagoff Arab School. I was quite familiar with this place, having studied there for a couple of years myself; so I was looking forward to finding interesting insights of this school.
Alsagoff Arab School, or also known as Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah was founded in 1912 by a rich Arab merchant, Syed Mohamed Alsagoff.
And yes, as the name suggests it, it was named after its founder!
It was the first madrasah that was set up in our island then, and it triggered the start of many other madrasahs thereafter. Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah was and still is a girls-only school.
Alsagoff Al - Arabiah provides islamic education to its students. It is possible that this school was set up because of the vast spreading of Islam, and Alsagoff, being an arab and a muslim himself, must have seen it as his way of helping the muslim community's, which resided in those streets, learning of the religion. But this is just my own opinion derived from my thoughts you guys!
It is an interesting fact nontheless that now, on top of just providing Islamic education, they also incorporate the normal standard subjects taught in government schools. They definitely have more exams to sit for than us!
The graduates of this madrasah and the 6 others that we have in Singapore, will go on to become Islamic leaders (or Imaans) and even Islamic teachers.
our pretty faces. we still managed a smile!
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