EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The objective of the primary education was to teach the child alphabets and Quran specially the religious prayers. These children were taught by the Mullah or Maulvi who looked after the Mosque of the locality. The children were made to memories certain parts of Quran for daily prayers.

Detailed explanation-2: -During Muslim period education was imparted at religious places. Education was free and discipline was rigorous. The relationship between the teacher and the taught was close and cordial. Students respected their teachers and the teachers also constantly starved for their improvement.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the more prominent figures in the history of Islamic education, Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali studied theology and education on a theoretical level in the late 1000s, early 1100s CE.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cramming and memorization was prevalent in this period. Children were learning verses from Quran by rote. Writing and mathematics were taught at the later stage. Monitorial system was introduced and the monitor held the charge of the class in the absence of the teacher.

Detailed explanation-5: -Education in Islam is twofold: acquiring intellectual knowledge (through the application of reason and logic) and developing spiritual knowledge (derived from divine revelation and spiritual experience). According to the worldview of Islam, provision in education must be made equally for both.