IB/Aga Khan Project in Zanzibar

Our team visted two schools during the week’s field experience with both providing insights to community empowerment and sustainability.  The first was a madrasa in an isolated, rural area on the island.  This community owned pre-school works with approximately 65 students from the local area.  The teachers from the community are trained at the Madrasa resource centre in Stone Town and their lessons make use of local materials for manipulatives such as sea shells and coconuts.  The word ‘madrasa’ is Arabic and is related to the verb darasa which means to study.  It was evident during our visit that both students and teachers were having fun as they studied playfully.  The Aga Khan Foundation supports the Madrasa early childhood programme and the resource centre.

Madrasa school building

Madrasa classroom

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