Empowerment of Factors that Influence Parents’ Choice of Tahfeez Institution in Malaysia

Abstract

Tahfeez and Al-Quran education holds a place in the parents’ hearts these days who would wish for their children to be the memorizers of al-Quran. The number of tahfeez institutions is also seen to be increased through the years by its establishments by the government and private sectors that are developed personally or by certain parties. Behind those high requests for the tahfeez institution application through the years, tahfeez education system is still deemed to be improved in many aspects for the empowerment of the institution.  This study was conducted with the library research approach and the documentary method which involves the analysis of scholarly materials such as books, journals, proceedings, and encyclopaedias. The overall findings of this study suggest that an awareness factor plays a role in the decision of parents to have tahfeez schools as the institution of choice for their children. Thus, this paper will be discussing the factors that influence the decision of parents to send their kids to be educated at tahfeez schools.