Updated 9 March 2010

The World Federation was given a mandate by the madaris to move away from the Edexcel syllabus and instead to adopt the AQA syllabus in both GCSE and AS Level. However, a number of students are still at the midway point in their Edexcel GCSEs. In order to support these students, Islamic Education organised a full day of GCSE revision and examination technique training for madressa students taking the GCSE Religious Studies Edexcel Unit D at Watford Jamaat. The sessions were expertly conducted by Sister Tabassum Bachoo, a qualified teacher and Examiner for Units D & K.

This is the fourth year in which training has taken place centrally and students from Hyderi, SIM (Stanmore Sunday) and Wessex madaris attended.

Students were first taken through an understanding of examination technique, focusing on the types of questions posed, key words used and most importantly understanding how to answer the different types of questions. Sister Tabassum also went through key areas of each Unit, focusing on the range of questions that have come up in past years. Students then had an opportunity to explore and discuss how to adapt key facts and information in response to the specific question in order to maximise the marks gained.

The session also enabled students from different madaris to meet, network and share experiences.

 
General summary of comments from students’ feedback forms:

Question: What was good about today's training?

‘We learnt how to answer questions, important points, how to structure the questions and also went through the harder topics.’

‘We used the mind maps thoroughly and were shown how to answer questions’

‘it was carried out in a very professional manner and was conducted really well. Thank you’

‘We went through the exam techniques again which was refreshing. we went through some of the units’

For further information email islamicedcuation@world-federation.org