Baraje Centre and its Evolvement in Incubating Virtues in Ilorin Emirate

Abstract

Knowledge and Islamic Virtue are two important in the life of human being, because there is no benefit to knowledge without noble morality, nor to noble morality without knowledge. Due to the importance of this topic, this research aims to study the contributions made by Baraje Centre and its Evolvement in Incubating Virtues in Ilorin Emirate. This research chooses the historical approach to be able to address the facts related to history aspect in this research and the descriptive approach to describe those aspects in which the Centre follows so that it can easily consolidate moral construction in the Ilorin Emirate, whether among its students in particular or members of society in general. In order to be able to address this topic, the following research problems are addressed, and this research attempts to answer and discuss their solutions, among those questions are: what is the meaning of Arabic Schools? What are the aims and objectives of these Arabic schools? When was Baraje Centre established as one of the branches of the Arabic schools in Ilorin Emirate? Does the Centre perform moral construction and its educational functions in this Emirate? The findings of this study were that the Baraje Centre centralized on the affairs of students, whether in the school premises or outside the school and trained them on Islamic Ethics. Therefore, the study recommends that educational centers in Ilorin Emirate should also pay more attention to their curricula that are focused on good moral and Islamic values so that students will become models in the Islamic society.