Darul Ulum College of Victoria

Established in 1997, Darul Ulum College of Victoria strives to raise compassionate, articulate, confident and pro-active members of the Australian community who take pride in their Muslim identity. Our strength lies within our multicultural students’ origins; the College is home to students from diverse backgrounds and we rejoice in this diversity which is underpinned by our common Islamic and Australian values.

Our school provides the opportunity for students to learn in an inclusive and nurturing environment, complete with well-equipped classrooms, science and computer laboratories, home economics room, a multi-purpose hall, a mosque among many other facilities. Our school grounds are continuously improving with recreational areas where students can relax and play.

We have dedicated teachers who keep abreast with contemporary educational pedagogies and values, providing a wide range of curriculum delivery approaches for our Foundations to Year 12 students. Our aim is to support each student in achieving his / her academic potential and personal best whilst nurturing their spiritual growth and overall well-being. The College has significant initiatives in place to cater for students who need extra support in their learning journey and is equally mindful of the importance of acknowledging and facilitating for the high achieving students. We are confidently moving from strength to strength and flourishing in all aspects of education.

Vision Statement Our contemporary curriculum and religious values facilitate for the development of academic excellence and spiritual growth in a safe school environment that prepares students to actively contribute to the broader society. Mission Statement Darul Ulum College of Victoria is an Islamic independent school which is committed to:

• Providing education through contemporary curriculum in a safe school environment which incorporates the development of religious and ethical consciousness in students.
• Establishing a faithful learning community which embraces both religious and Australian values of freedom of speech and religion; openness and tolerance to difference and diversity and the equality of civil rights, through excellence in teaching and learning.
• Integrating academic and personal skills with principles inspired by the Quran, Sunnah and Australian values that can empower students to make positive contributions to the wider community.
• Promoting intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual development through programs that cater for a broad range of abilities and interests in a safe school environment for all children, including students of culturally and/or linguistically diverse communities and students with disabilities.
• Supporting participation and the achievement of ‘personal best’ to boost self-esteem and personal wellbeing.
• Offering students a diversity of enriching activities and stimulating challenges outside the central academic program.
• Creating and enhancing a culture of continuous improvement.
• Enabling students to pursue higher education and vocational endeavours as confident and active members of the Australian multicultural society.

At Darul Ulum College we aim to provide students with balanced academic, religious, social and emotional and academic growth through various delivery modes which include a balance of traditional & discursive practices. We also place emphasis on hands-on experiences to facilitate stronger connections in learning.

Our primary assessment practice involves a unique number grading system which enables systematic and early identification of students at risk as well as high achievers and their individual termly ongoing growth. At risk students are offered our intervention programs whereby they are retaught content they struggled to absorb and comprehend in their learning.

Opportunities are also provided to extend capable students. Social and academic achievements are acknowledged during the year through a school-based rewarding scheme.