28.10.2021
Istambul (Turkey)
The Holy Quran Study School in Istanbul gives visually impaired students a rare opportunity
The Chamlykalty Holy Quran School for Boys in Istanbul is the only one in Turkey and one of the few in the world where the curriculum is entirely based on Braille. Visually impaired youth from all over Turkey and from other countries study at this school to learn everything about the holy Book of Islam.
The school was opened in 2012. It has been transformed into a place exclusively for the visually impaired and is staffed by teachers who also suffer from vision loss. Students follow a curriculum that includes Turkish and Arabic language lessons before embarking on an intensive Quran study program.
The educational institution is intended for 100 students, but currently serves only eight students. It has a dormitory, an audio library and a Braille library for students.
Teacher Ali Duman says that last year they had no Turkish students, as restrictions on coronavirus closed full-time education, but instead they had two graduates from Sudan. Some of the current 8 students have basic knowledge of the Quran, while others are not familiar with it at all.
"Initially, we teach them Turkish in Braille, if they don't know it, and then we teach them the Arabic alphabet. It takes a year before they are ready to memorize the Quran. The Quran classes are held in hybrid classrooms, where they study with students who have no visual impairments” he says.
Those who do not see themselves as hafiz in the future are instead taught Arabic. Ali Duman, who was also born visually impaired, prides himself on bringing up “special students."
He notes that he did not have the opportunity to learn his profession from teachers with visual impairments, but he is able to transfer all his knowledge properly.
One of the students enthusiastically says that thanks to this school and teachers, he was able to learn the Koran. He is also very glad that the school gave him the opportunity to communicate with peers with the same disease.
Currently, more than 100 students have graduated from school after studying Arabic and studying Islam, while 11 visually impaired students have become “Hafiz”.
It is worth noting that the school has its own printing press, with which they print the Quran written in Braille, and send them to other countries.
Source of information:
www.dailysabah.com
The school was opened in 2012. It has been transformed into a place exclusively for the visually impaired and is staffed by teachers who also suffer from vision loss. Students follow a curriculum that includes Turkish and Arabic language lessons before embarking on an intensive Quran study program.
The educational institution is intended for 100 students, but currently serves only eight students. It has a dormitory, an audio library and a Braille library for students.
Teacher Ali Duman says that last year they had no Turkish students, as restrictions on coronavirus closed full-time education, but instead they had two graduates from Sudan. Some of the current 8 students have basic knowledge of the Quran, while others are not familiar with it at all.
"Initially, we teach them Turkish in Braille, if they don't know it, and then we teach them the Arabic alphabet. It takes a year before they are ready to memorize the Quran. The Quran classes are held in hybrid classrooms, where they study with students who have no visual impairments” he says.
Those who do not see themselves as hafiz in the future are instead taught Arabic. Ali Duman, who was also born visually impaired, prides himself on bringing up “special students."
He notes that he did not have the opportunity to learn his profession from teachers with visual impairments, but he is able to transfer all his knowledge properly.
One of the students enthusiastically says that thanks to this school and teachers, he was able to learn the Koran. He is also very glad that the school gave him the opportunity to communicate with peers with the same disease.
Currently, more than 100 students have graduated from school after studying Arabic and studying Islam, while 11 visually impaired students have become “Hafiz”.
It is worth noting that the school has its own printing press, with which they print the Quran written in Braille, and send them to other countries.
Source of information:
www.dailysabah.com