By Umamah Bakharia
On Sunday, the Association of Muslim Schools (AMS) Gauteng/Northern region hosted a matric awards day to commemorate the achievements of the class of 2021.
The event was attended by the top matric achievers of amongst the 24 Islamic schools from the region, school representatives and proud parents at the Qurtuba Islamic Academy.
For the class of 2021, 705 students of AMS wrote the matric exams. In total, amongst the 24 schools in the region, 21 received a 100% pass rate with an average of over 1 500 distinctions.
According to CEO of Nizamiye, Faruk Turkmen, there is a difference in the way the Department of Basic Education and AMS calculates their percentages.
“The Department makes use of a roll call which we do not,” said Turkmen.
In the top 5 positions:
- Muhammad-Yaseen Wadee ( Lenasia Muslim School)
- Muhammed Assel Bin Hoosen Peer (Lenasia Muslim School)
- Fatima Adam Lunat (Lenasia Mulsim School)
- Fizza Shirmeen (Nizamiye School Mayfair)
- Fatimah Abdulatif Kapadiya (APAX)
Lenasia Muslim School principal, Mr Ebrahim Mia stands with the 3 top achievers, (from left) Fatima Adam Lunat, Muhammad-Yaseen Wadee and Muhammed Aseel Bin Hoosen Peer.
“I would advise that matric students not burn themselves out too quickly [in the year], rather plan your time with a timetable and be disciplined towards it,” said the highest achiever, Muhammad-Yaseen Wadee.
He will be studying medicine at WITS and is hopeful that he can achieve the same success as he did in school.
Highest number of distinctions: Radhiyya Essop (Benoni Muslim School) with 9 distinctions.
Guest speaker, Advocate Hafiz Mahomed Vahed advised and said Islamic schools should develop research centers, increase enrollment through online education, noted that cognitive learning has been effective and take up Arabic as a language to the Islamic schools curriculum.
CEO of Qurtuba, Mr. Imtiaz Saib, says he feels very proud of the achievements by these learners and is hopeful this sets an example for other students.
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