Establishing Islamic Schools
Nurturing the Future Generations with Islamic Values and Knowledge
Introduction
The Alrajhi Endowment believes that establishing schools is highly important because they are the fields where one can learn and spread knowledge amongst the community. Therefore, part of the noble mission drafted by the Alrajhi Endowment focused on providing support and assistance for the establishment of schools adopting curricula based on the true belief and sound educational guidance.
Our Objectives
The Alrajhi Endowment aims to achieve the following objectives
01
Focusing on Shari’ah sciences and paying attention to memorizing Allah’s Book and the Prophetic Sunnah.
02
Training students to acquire various academic skills and offering them appropriate educational advising.
03
Offering poor students opportunities of beneficial education.
04
Instilling the true Islamic belief into the minds and hearts of students and bringing them up in a righteous environment.
Implementation
The Alrajhi Endowment implemented these objectives through the following means:
Establishing educational academies for the memorization of the Qur’an across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.
Establishing Islamic schools and supporting the budgets of the existing ones.
Construction of Schools
Projects for the construction of three educational academies for the memorization of the Qur’an in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. Each academy includes all levels of pre-university education (primary, preparatory and secondary). These projects are shown in Table below.
Project | Cost (SAR) |
|---|---|
Sponsoring students of Islamic knowledge in different Muslim countries in coordination with the Saudi charities | 1024767 |
First agreement with Imam University in 1422 | 2200000 |
Extension granted to four students in the program | 119998 |
Second agreement with Imam University in 1422 | 6400000 |
Agreement with the Islamic University in Medina in 1430/34 | 8000000 |
Scholarly and orientation programs for students registered in this program | 809264 |
3 training courses for imams and muezzins in the field of Da’wah in cooperation with Imam University | 2590000 |
Educational and Da’wah programs organized abroad in cooperation with Imam University | 25784029 |
Total | 46928058 |
Supporting Schools
The Alrajhi Endowment supported many Islamic schools inside the Kingdom and abroad. The total funds offered to schools reached 21,757,176 (twenty-one million, seven hundred, fifty seven, and a hundred fifty Saudi Riyals. The total cost spent by the Alrajhi Endowment on these programs for the years (1418 -1433 AH) reached 50,918,484 (fifty million, nine hundred and eighteen thousand, four hundred and eighty-four Saudi Riyals.
Realizing the importance of supporting seekers of Islamic knowledge, the Alrajhi Endowment paid special attention to funding the Da’wah and scholarly programs for the students of Islamic knowledge and scholars for the great role they have in the community and their positive impact in constructing it.