Madrasah Al-Maarif Al-Islamiah is an all-girls' Islam

Islam

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ic school in Geylang

Geylang

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, Singapore

Singapore

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. It is one of six full-time Islamic madrasah

Madrasah

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s for students in Singapore. Madrasah Al-Maarif has students at primary

Primary education

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, secondary

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 and pre-university levels. The curriculum of the school places equal emphasis on Islamic religious studies and secular subjects from the Singapore Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education (Singapore)

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 curriculum.

Like the other madrasahs in Singapore, Madrasah Al-Maarif has a Management Committee whose members are appointed every two years by the Ministry of Education in consultation with the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura

Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura

The Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura , also known as the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore is a statutory board in Singapore...

 (MUIS).

In 2008, Madrasah Al-Maarif entered a team in the nationally-televised debate

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 show The Arena

The Arena (Singapore TV series)

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, broadcast on Mediacorp

MediaCorp

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 Channel 5

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. The team successfully made it through the audition rounds before being knocked-out in the first televised round by the team from the Singapore American School

Singapore American School

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