KUALA TERENGGANU, May 3 – The Pre-Tahfiz Nursery Programme of the Community Development Department (Kemas) which officially began this year is capable of producing pre-school pupils to master the four ‘M’s’ namely studying, memorising, logical thinking (menaakul) and learning (ibrah).
Terengganu Kemas director Dr Faridah Mat said the pre Tahfiz module implemented by the government complements the 3M skills which are reading, writing and counting for pre-school pupils.
“Besides assisting children to master 3M, we are also targeting them to be able to study well; memorise some common surah (chapters); capable of reasoning or making judgment well; and absorbing the lessons.
“What is most important is that these children are not only academically excellent, but we also want to prepare them as young as five and six years old to become people with exemplary moral,” she said.
In the 2024 Budget presented by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim last October, the Unity Government allocated RM20 million to implement the Pre Tahfiz Kemas Programme.
The programme implemented by the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development was participated by a total of 10,843 Kemas nurseries throughout the country where the existing curriculum will be strengthened and included with new programmes so that knowledge related to faith, worship, prayer and religion can be applied at the nursery level.
Faridah said the students who follow the Pre Tahfiz Programme are also targeted to finish reciting the 30 juzuk (sections) of al-Quran and memorise the common chapters before they enter primary school.
She said out of 856 nurseries in Terengganu, 450 of them have implemented the Pre Tahfiz Programme including the Lorong Gemia Nursery.
