The Australian Islamic College Kewdale is a God-centred, co-educational institution (K to 12) which provides a high level of academic and integrated Islamic education through its network of three colleges in Perth.
The Australian Islamic College (previously named the Muslim Community School) opened its doors in February 1986. Our visionary founder Haji Abdallah Magar recognised that there was no faith based educational institution catering for Muslim student and fearing that their rich heritage, both cultural and religious, would be lost he established the first Islamic School in Western Australia with a modest network of 50 students and 3 teachers.
The Australian Islamic College is now Western Australia’s largest and longest running Islamic school with over 2600 students and 275 staff across three campuses in Dianella, Kewdale and Thornlie. Mission Islamic Values and Academic Excellence for Success in this Life and the Hereafter. Our goal is for our youth to aspire towards excellence in both character and education. We want our students to encounter new educational experiences that will serve their future aspirations whilst maintaining a balance between academic pursuits and Islamic values.
The College has a unique mix of students from a wide variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds allowing students to develop a better understanding and appreciation for Australia’s multicultural society. Students are taught to be proud Australian citizens and to contribute in building a prosperous, harmonious and safe Australia.
With its intensive ESL training for New Arrivals and Gifted and Talented program for exceptional students, the AIC provides for the varying needs of its students population with exceptional results. The College’s success in achieving its educational objectives is attributed to its network of experienced teachers, its emphasis on effective learning and its goal of inspiring its youth to aim for excellence in both academic and personal spheres of life.
Education is the business of producing successful global citizens. At AIC we cherish the opportunity to teach young minds, mould their personalities and mentor them towards success in this life and the next. We aim to give every student in our care the very best education, in order to prepare them for life beyond school. An integral part of that education is to encourage our students and teachers to become life-long learners. We aspire to be a ‘Learning Community’ which encourages staff, students and parents to involve themselves fully in all aspects of school life and learning.
At AIC Dianella, our students mean the world to us. We encourage them to push boundaries, experiment, debate, strive for personal bests, embrace opportunities, overcome obstacles and grow as individuals. Our single gender high school allows our girls to have greater self-confidence and to build a self-esteem which is grounded in self-awareness rather than in image.
Our staff are highly professional. To them teaching is not just a job. It is their vocation. They know how important good relationships are in a school and how education is based on a strong partnership between the School and the home. At AIC Dianella we welcome and encourage open and positive communication with parents.
Values integration is more than just teaching the students what is right, it is about promoting within the students perceptions in life such as –
Through education we achieve enlightenment. In the conditions of enlightenment we make informed choices that become the guiding influences in our lives.
The Australian Islamic College aims to equip students to make such enlighted decisions based on a broader awareness of the needs of society. Our language enriches us and enables us to articulate each and every thought, idea, observation, feeling or moment we cherish. Our language is not the instrument of our intellectual imprisonment. Our religion enlightens us and, inspires us towards our higher selves and our noblest, divinely endowed potentialities. Our religion is not the medium which drives us towards evil deeds and badness and mindlessness.
Our culture empowers us to draw from the best of received wisdom and acquire cultural behaviours which are uniquely beautiful and supportive of a cultural order. Our culture is not the vehicle of static rituals, myths and symbols. With a broader appreciation of our culture and faith our students can come to appreciate the positive contribution they can make to society.Through values integration our next generation of children will know how to deal with the world using proper conduct and morals.
Values Integration is about teaching students how to use their knowledge for the betterment of themselves and society. The outcome is not what society can offer us but what we as individuals can offer society.
Islamic Values integration teaches that God-consciousness and morality are the foundations of a healthy society. AIC endeavours to ensure a future generation of students who will not only graduate with strong academic achievements, but also with a strong identification towards the well-being of society underpinned by values such as power of knowledge, respect, responsibility, forgiveness, truthfulness, cooperation etc.
Students are taught that good conduct; behaviour and self-development are all acts of worship. To strive and achieve ones full potential is seen as a duty. The benefits are long lasting and far-reaching providing practical solutions to save society billions of dollars.
Just consider the positive societal benefits from a generation of young adults not involved in consumption of alcohol, illicit drug use, with strong work ethics and high morals in dealing with others?
You will find values emphasis apparent in every facet of College life- from room decorations to assembly presentations. To improve upon moral values and attitudes, each week students emphasise on a particular value as a ‘Theme of the week’. Examples include “Justice and Tolerance”.
The existence, the love and fear of God is constantly conveyed to students as it is a school policy that teachers in all subject areas deliberately acknowledge God and incorporate values in each lesson throughout the whole day. These efforts reflect AIC’s view of the ‘holistic’ development of its student, both academically and spiritually.
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