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Tahfiz education is among the growing education that has gained attraction among Malaysians nowadays. The establishment of Tahfiz schools by government and private sector is a clear sign that Tahfiz education will start to fill mainstream education in Malaysia. In line with this, the study is conducted to explore the characteristics of Tahfiz students and to understand what the main criteria of admission for Tahfiz schools are. This article aims to review and analyze the criteria being used to select Tahfiz students. This study is a qualitative research and eight students from three Tahfiz schools were randomly selected as research respondents. The findings showed several important criteria for the admission to tahfiz schools. The entry requirement would require the applicants to go through several important interviews. Among the criteria evaluated by the interviewers are the ability to recite the Quran with correct pronunciation of tajweed, memorizing abilities, academic excellence, student interests and attitudes. The findings provided important implications that are important for Tahfiz schools to have a clear standard in selecting their students. This will help school and parents, especially in training and preparing their children for Tahfiz school entrance in order to produce more huffaz (those who memorize the entire Qur'an).

In general, education is a continuous process to educate and develop individuals to a more meaningful life in this world

People with hearing disabilities especially pupils with special needs have their own form of communication. The learning of the Al-Quran, which is one of the components in Islamic Education, focuses on three main aspects: reading, memorization and comprehension. Since the level of hearing and speech impairment of the pupils with special needs are limited, it is essential that the communication aspect in teaching should be taken into the teachers' consideration. The objective of this study is to explain the form of communication used by the hearing impaired in Malaysia as well as the method of communication used by teachers in teaching them the Al-Quran. This study utilized the qualitative approach in the form of a case study, using the interview technique and document analysis to obtain data. This study also utilized the model of communication presented by Bernice Burnip in Louise Porter. Some of the findings showed there were inconsistencies in the teachers' communication in delivering the Al-Quran to the pupils. Lack of proper codes or signs in studying the Al-Quran was one of the reasons for lack of communication between the teachers and pupils with hearing impairment. Hence, an appropriate and effective communication system should be studied so that pupils with hearing disabilities are not being left behind in learning the Al-Quran.

The role of teachers as purveyors of knowledge and values is crucial to improve the quality of educational processes which leads to the excellence outcomes. The quality of education directly needs the teachers to play their roles. Therefore, the curriculum of education and preparation of teachers should be considered as the central and most crucial in the reconstruction of any educational system. In the context of Ulul Albab, objectives, mission and vision have been drawn up beautifully to achieve the aim of having a generation who is able to use their mind and heart to understand the essence of life based on strong foundation of Al-Quran epistemology. It is therefore, the students of Ulul Albab program that need to be educated, guided, facilitated, and monitored properly to prepare them as Ulul Albab generation. Hence, teachers are expected to play their role as a group who will be responsible to assist these students. This research has been concerned on teachers of the Ulul Albab program as the key implementer of Ulul Albab curriculum. The purpose of this research is to examine the components of professional development (PD) theory for teachers of Ulul Albab program regardless of field of expertise, religious or academic. Six experts and prominence in various fields have been interviewed from purposeful sampling method, in order to investigate the relevancy of developing teachers' professional development for Ulul Albab teachers. Open coding grounded theory approach by using Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) Software Atlas ti has been chosen to analyse the data, whereby, the theory develops from the data as it is collected and analysed inductively. In-depth interview method has been using for collecting data and the recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim. The findings have shown that there are three main components; the Input, the Process/Mechanism and the Outcome in which several elements have been drawn up from the findings such as the selection of the right teachers, teachers' training (preservice and in-service) model, and the nature of Ulul Albab teachers. Each component that represents every element in the findings will be treated as the foundation in developing Ulul Albab Teachers' Professional Development Programme Theory. From the discussion, the experts collaboratively agree