Quranic approach and achievement of hafazan in Ulul Albab Model Tahfiz Students (TMUA) programme in Malaysia: The moderation role of Maharat Al-Quran

Abstract

The Tahfiz Model Ulul Albab (TMUA) program emphasizing the Quranic, Ijtihadik and Encyclopedic approach has been implemented since 2014 in secondary schools of the Ministry of Education Malaysia (KPM). After eight years of implementing this program, there are a number of problems that have arisen, among which the level of student memorization achievement is less than satisfactory. The results of the TMUA implementation rating report in 2017 at one of the schools that implemented the TMUA program found that some students who followed this program were unable to complete the memorization measure based on the level as outlined by the Malaysian Ministry of Education (KPM). This article was created to identify and examine the relationship between the Quranic approach and interest in the achievement of TMUA students' memorization. In addition, this article also identifies the subject of Maharat Al-Quran as a moderator (moderator) in the relationship between the Quranic approach and the achievement of student memorization. The survey study involved a sample of 302 fourth grade students in three selected TMUA schools. Data was analyzed through structural equation modeling (SEM) using Smart Partial Least Square (SmartPLS 3) software. The results of the study show that there is a relationship between interest and the Quranic approach with the achievement of student memorization. In addition, the researcher found that Maharat Al-Quran acted as a moderating variable in the relationship between the Quranic approach and student memorization achievement. Accordingly, this study gives the implication that the implementation of the TMUA program parallels and coincides with the implementation of the BIFFAS concept (read, remember, understand, think, charity and spread) contained in the Quranic approach.