Significance of Childhood Education
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- Category: Sheikh Sajid Ahmed Umar
- Published on Tuesday, 01 February 2011 21:06
Asalamu 'Alaikum Warahmatullahi wa barakatuh, 
Allah says: "Are those who know equal to those who know not?" (39:9).
The significance of childhood education cannot be undermined; the formative years, are the most significant years in child-development. What a child learns at this stage can greatly enhance the direction of their overall development and it also plays a vital role in the successful progression of all their future endeavors. The lessons learned and the habits formed at this receptive stage of childhood, have more to do with the formation of character and direction of life than all the educational training of after years. As such, I passionately believe that it is our duty and responsibility to ensure that every Muslim child is granted this opportunity to learn about their religious obligations to develop the principles of Islam within them.
