Malaysia Gov’t to Discuss Establishing Nat’l Quran Memorization Council
The proposal to establish the National Tahfiz Council, agreed upon at the 2026 Bumiputera Education Congress earlier this week, will be submitted for consideration and approval at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the move is important to strengthen the position of tahfiz education within the mainstream national education system and to ensure balanced human development in terms of knowledge and character.
“In this context, tahfiz education should no longer be viewed as a marginal stream. It must be given a more meaningful place within the national education system.
“We aim to produce huffaz who not only memorize the Quran, but also professional huffaz - engineers, doctors, technocrats, entrepreneurs and leaders among them,” he said when officiating the 2026 Bumiputera Education Congress at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur.
The congress, which brought together more than 5,000 academics, professionals and students, was held in conjunction with UMNO’s 80th anniversary.
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Ahmad Zahid, who is also UMNO president, said the strengthening of tahfiz education must be elevated as a more structured national agenda, going beyond existing initiatives such as KEMAS Pre-Tahfiz, MARA Junior Science College (MRSM) Ulul Albab and Tahfiz Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
In addition, he said it is important to coordinate public and private higher education institutions offering tahfiz studies under a clear ecosystem framework to ensure broader career pathways.
Earlier in his speech, Ahmad Zahid said education must play a role in building economic strength by producing a generation that is knowledgeable, skilled and technologically literate, capable of creating value in a rapidly changing world.
Source: Bernama
