We aim to spread the message of the Holy Quran and Islamic thought morally and spiritually and maintain a learning community that produces leaders through faith, knowledge and inspiration.

Our mission is to attain blessings and pleasure of Allah the Al-Mighty by delivering His message to mankind. And to offer an education of the highest quality embedded in the value of the Islamic faith, to enable students to become Respectful, Responsible, Reliable and well discipline citizens.

Student Transportation

The Institution initially has two (2) buses, one 18 seater-bus and the other sixty-eight (68) seater-bus which can conveniently carry one hundred and twenty (120) students in a trip. Students are daily being moved from Adabata Area, Ilorin to Islamic Village, Gerewu, Ilorin, the cost of fuelling and maintenance solely on the proprietor.

Tuition and fee

It will interest any reader to know that right from inception of this Institution to its present status there has been no payment of fees or any other charges for that matter by any parent who has his/her child enrolled in the school. To Allah be the glory, the Proprietor, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje (CON) has been footing all bills concerning the school. This include and not limited to teaching and non-teaching staff salary and other benefits, school fee, uniform, examination fee, clinic charges, transportation and graduation with all it entails.

Acquisition of New Sites and Change of Name

In 2009 a site of two (2) plot land was acquired along Asumau Memorial Hospital Road, Baboko, Ilorin. This new site has six (6) classrooms, staff office and three (3) toilet facilities built on it. The Institution then acquired the new name, MARKAZ BARAJE LI-TALEEM LI-ARABIY WAL-ISLAMIY ILORIN. (BARAJE CENTRE FOR ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES). In 2011 another site, the permanent site of the Institute was acquired, situated at Islamic Village Gerewu, Ilorin. It is a sixty (60) plot land with the following facilities already in place and vast underdeveloped land:12 No. classrooms, 1 No. Principal Office, 1 No. staff room, 1 No. Administrative Office, 1 No. Library, toilet facilities, Borehole and perimeter wall.

Graduation

The Institution started graduating pupils in the Quranic category since 1997, while graduation for the first set of Ibtidahiy and Idadiy started in 2011 and 2014 respectively.

Enrolled students

Current enrolment in the Institution is now Six-Hundred and Twenty One pupils/students, the breakdown of which is as follow:

  • Quranic Classes have 64 students
  • Ibtidahiy Classes have 326 students
  • Idadiy Classes have 164 students
  • Thanawiy Classes have 67 students

Future Prospects

The future of the Institution is to expand to become a University that will stand the test of time. There is no doubt that the proprietor, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje (CON) is determined to ensure that realization of this vision in the nearest future. The Management Board is considering all avenues to make this dream a reality Insha-Allah Tah�ala.

School Hours

It will interest any reader to know that right from inception of this Institution to its present status there has been no payment of fees or any other charges for that matter by any parent who has his/her child enrolled in the school. To Allah be the glory, the Proprietor, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje (CON) has been footing all bills concerning the school. This include and not limited to teaching and non-teaching staff salary and other benefits, school fee, uniform, examination fee, clinic charges, transportation and graduation with all it entails.