Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education
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The Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education is an academic college located in the city of Baqa al-Gharbiyye
in the Haifa District
in Israel
.
The College was founded in 1989 as a college for Sharia
and Islamic Studies
, is authorized by the Council for Higher Education in Israel
and specializes in the following fields: Islamic Studies, Arabic Language
and Literature, English Language
and Literature, Mathematics
and Computers in the elementary and secondary tracks, Early Childhood Education track, Special Education track.
It employs 120 faculty members, Arabs and Jews. Current enrollment at the college is 1600 students from all over the country.
Baqa al-Gharbiyye
Baqa al-Gharbiyye is a predominantly Arab city in the Haifa District in Israel, located near the Green Line. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 19,200...
in the Haifa District
Haifa District
Haifa District is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. The district is one of six administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa...
in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
The College was founded in 1989 as a college for Sharia
Sharia
Sharia law, is the moral code and religious law of Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the precepts set forth in the Quran, and the example set by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah. Fiqh jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of sharia to...
and Islamic Studies
Islamic studies
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...
, is authorized by the Council for Higher Education in Israel
Council for Higher Education in Israel
The Council for Higher Education in Israel is a supervisory body for universities and colleges in Israel. It is the only organization with the authority to give educational accreditation...
and specializes in the following fields: Islamic Studies, Arabic Language
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
and Literature, English Language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Literature, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and Computers in the elementary and secondary tracks, Early Childhood Education track, Special Education track.
It employs 120 faculty members, Arabs and Jews. Current enrollment at the college is 1600 students from all over the country.