The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) has collaborated with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to partner the tech industry to support students from low-income households who do not have the computers for home-based learning (HBL). A ‘circuit breaker’ period announced in Singapore as part of a COVID-19 response has required schools to deliver lessons online.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) sponsored new and refurbished laptops for 58 madrasah students from low-income households studying at Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah, Madrasah Al-Arabiah
Al-Islamiah, Madrasah Al-Ma’arif Al-Islamiah and Madrasah Wak Tanjong
Al-Islamia.. The sponsorship also covered mobile broadband connections for 14 students.
There are six full-time madrasahs in Singapore. They offer a curriculum that includes both religious and secular education. Under HBL teachers regularly do a check-in with students and parents
through various platforms to ensure that the learning continues to take
place at home in the best possible way and meet the desired learning
outcomes.