Mathla’ul Anwar School has prepared an English Environment program in the hope that all its students be accustomed to speaking English as an international language on a par with those in Singapore.

Bogor, Jawa Barat (Indonesia Window) – Indonesia’s Islamic educational institution, Mathla’ul Anwar School, in Menes sub district, Pandeglang district, Banten province, carries on improving the quality of learning by continuing cooperation with various parties, including Ummi Khadijah Abu Bakar, a Singaporean educator who helps Mathla’ul Anwar Global School (MAGS) on a volunteer basis.

The Director of MAGS, Husnul Mubarak, in a discussion with reporters on Sunday (Aug. 4) in Menes, said that Ummi Khadijah comes to MAGS every four months to provide training for all teachers at the educational institution and those from other Mathla’ul Anwar’s divisions including the Mathla’ul Anwar Quran Memorization (Taqurma), its secondary school, and its kindergarten.

"Every visit, Ummi stays for three to four days in the Mathla'ul Anwar compound area. Usually she asks to stay in the Taqurma dormitory with the green and beautiful nature," he said.

Husnul further said that Ummi Khadijah who speaks English is an inspiration for MAGS as a global school and can realize the mission of this educational institution whose students are expected to have English skills as one of the global characteristics.

With Ummi's presence every four months, MAGS has prepared an English Environment program in the hope that all students be accustomed to speaking the international language on a par with students in Singapore.

MGAS's aspiration received positive support from the Head of Mathla'ul Anwar School, Mohammad Zen, who said that this program is a continuation of the collaboration between Mathla'ul Anwar and Singapore that began in 2012 when MAGS was founded.

MAGS itself is a pilot project for the Mathla'ul Anwar global school which at the beginning of its establishment was assisted by one of the leading educational foundations in Singapore, Temasek Foundation.

Within twelve years, MAGS continued the program on its own since the assistance from Temasek has been over, and therefore the school then collaborated with an English-speaking volunteer to create a culture of speaking the international language.

The program received support from another Singaporean citizen who is also an educator, Mr. Henry Tan, by donating every month to five selected teachers in the hope that they become pioneers in speaking English in the MAGS.

Mr. Henry Tan's support is in line with the presence of Ummi Khadijah, so that the program is getting stronger and more comprehensive.

Ummi Khadijah in each of her visits conducts training and observations in class to provide feedback and evaluation regarding the effectiveness of teachers in delivering lessons in class.

According to Zen, the target of the program is to make MAGS students have the same abilities as those in Singapore, and to realize this, every year the school holds a comparative study to this neighboring country.

The activity which was participated in by students and their parents was carried out to provide global experience so that they have confidence as global students.

Reporting by Indonesia Window