Madina Islamic School (MIS)
Hajiah Adamah Issifu
Principal, Madina Islamic School (MIS)
During my ten years stay in Madina Islamic School, the school has offered tuition and training to young children within Madina and its immediate environs. The course and aim of our institution has attracted and sustained qualifed and dedicated tutors without whom this great school would not have achieved this feat.
By virtue of the strategic location of MIS in the community, it has been able to attract and maintain qualified and dedicated teachers. With the enclosed nature of the campus infrastructure coupled with the support of school management, MIS has been able to maintain integrity over the years. This has led to the school being used as one of the examination centres for Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
We pride ourselves in the quality of education offered at MIS. In addition to the approved Ghana Education Service (GES) curriculum, MIS also provides tuition in Islamic Education, Arabic language and humanitarian services thereby inculcating Islamic moral values in the pupils.
Hence, most of the pupils who complete MIS are able to gain admission into very good senior high schools and subsequently into some of the best tertiary institutions in the country. Currently there are four past students serving in the school as teachers. One of the biggest challenges of the school is the lack of parent support and the community as a whole in terms of payment of fees and provision of learning materials. This attitude has led to low remuneration delay in payment of salaries to the staff which is very dedicated to the pupils and the profession.
In spite of all these odds, MIS has a record of 100% pass in Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) between 2006 and 2011. Ghana Islamic Society for Education and Reformation (GISER) has not only been very supportive at all times in providing and maintaining infrastructure in the school but also occasionally aids MIS financially. The society also offers scholarships to the orphaned pupils. Despite all these challenges, Madina Islamic School is relentless in its mission towards the vision of aspiring to be the best basic school in the country.
Hajiah Adamah Issifu,
Principal.
MIS Campus
Madina Islamic School (MIS) Overview
Madina is a suburb of Accra mostly inhabited by low income Muslim families. GISER established MIS to provide children with basic education needs in this deprived area of the capital.
MIS applies the Ghanaian curriculum as approved by Ghana Education Service. It comprises of Kindergarten, Primary, and a Junior High School. MIS offers Islamic education and Arabic language studies. The school has students from both Muslim and non-Muslim Ghanaian communities in Madina and its surroundings.
Objectives
- Deliver quality and affordable education
- Deliver high standard of education
- Deliver and enrich the accurate Islamic education from Kindergarten to JHS
- Help build and keep an Islamic ethos in the minds of the youth
- Make the presence of accurate Islamic values and teachings deep rooted in and
out of the classrooms - Develop financial independence and endowments (WAKF). Twenty stores were
built and rented in Madina to support MIS financially in 2006 and 2011
MIS Library
ICT Lab
Achievements
- New qualified teachers with high educational skills were appointed
- Six additional JSS classes were built in 2005
- Great improvement in the 2006 test results
| Students & Staff | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2015-16 |
| Classes | 20 | 20 | 15 | 16 |
| Students | 540 | 625 | 351 | 408 |
| Teaching Staff | 35 | 35 | 56 | 40 |
