Articles & Speeches – Page 6 – Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Foundation

THE MUSLIM TRADITION IN EDUCATION

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A CENTENARY VOLUME OF EDUCATION IN CEYLON – 1969 (FROM THE SIXTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE PRESENT DAY) Published By the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, Ceylon The Muslim Philosophy of Education “Read : In the name of thy…

THE PROBLEM OF LANGUAGE IN CEYLON

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Address at the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Empire Society delivered on September 7, 1951 The problem of language cannot be isolated from the problems of education and politics. The many- sided character of linguistic problems in education has been…

A HUNDRED YEARS OF MUSLIM EDUCATION IN CEYLON

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Times of Ceylon (Centenary Number) of 12th July 1946 The Director of Public Instruction said in his administration report for 1895 : "Previous to 1891 no organized attempt to meet a want, which was gradually being felt and admitted…

THE STATUS OF THE TAMIL LANGUAGE

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Address of Thanks to the Throne Speech in the Senate on May 8, 1956 There are many matters which are not mentioned in the Throne Speech and I should like to enumerate at least some of them. There has been…

MUSLIM EDUCATION

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"Address at the Muslim Educational Conference organized by the Educational Branch of the All Ceylon Muslim League and held at Kalmunai on Sunday, 15th May 1949" I consider it a proud privilege to be called upon to preside over the…

THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN AND MUSLIM TEACHERS

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"Address at the Conference held on 3rd June, 1950 to inaugurate two Associations for Muslim teachers" Dr. Howes, Distinguished Guests and fellow teachers or may I say fellow school masters, since our Chief Guest has just indicated his preference for…

THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE BILL

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Speech made in the Senate on July 3, 1956 Senator Azeez: Mr. President, the hon. Leader of the House has just told us that the chief objective of this Bill is to assist the common man to take his due…

LIBERTY AND EQUALITY IN EDUCATION

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"Speech at the Education Conference, Kandy Organized by the All Ceylon Union of Teachers on October 21, 1950" The White Paper proposals no doubt fall short of the ideal and are in some respects not so ambitious and advanced as…

THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM – A MIDDLE PATH SOLUTION

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Article in the Sunday Observer of June 23, 1957 In our life-time, our Country has never faced a crisis so serious as it is now confronted with and fraught with such dire consequences – reminiscent of the violence that was…

THE MUSLIM ATTITUDE TOWARDS MODERN EDUCATION DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

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Special Haj Day Supplement of the Times of Ceylon of August, 1952 In the history of Muslim education in Ceylon, the year 1892 will always remain a memorable year. It was in that year that the Muslim Educational Society achieved…