Kota Kinabalu: About RM1 million was spent to upgrade the new building of the Sabah State Tahfiz Institute (Iqtas) to provide comfort to more than its 60 students.
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Datuk Dr. Ariffin Arif said that the building, which is located next to the Sabah State Mosque, is equipped with various complete facilities for learning the Al-Quran.
Advertisement“Previously, Iqtas was housed in the Baitul Ehsan building in Kinarut which was quite cramped and could not accommodate the increasing number of students every year.
“The Iqtas building, which was formerly the Toh Puan Hajah Rahmah Religious School in Sembulan, can accommodate up to 100 students at a time,” he said at the Tahlil and Doa Selamat Iqtas Ceremony, here, on Saturday.
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Ariffin, who is also the Sabah Islamic Affairs Exco, said there are also plans to find a specific site for Iqtas since the existing building owned by Jheains is only temporary.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});He said efforts to find a suitable and bigger location is ongoing.
“A larger area is needed for a field for recreation and a larger dormitory space and so on which the existing building does not have.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});“Once there is a suitable location, we will include this project in the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP),” he said.
Ariffin said that Iqtas, which offers the Tahfiz Diploma, is now under the management of Jheains and upon graduation, students have the opportunity to continue their studies to a higher level.
“After this, we will sponsor those (Iqtas students) through student donations or scholarships to continue their studies either at universities in the country or abroad such as Al-Azhar University in Egypt.
“We will also place Iqtas under the Muis International Technical College which will collaborate with Jheains to ensure that their study needs are guaranteed,” he said.
