Pusat Pengajian Dan Tahfiz Anak Yatim Al Sidiqi has been established since 2021. Located in Kampung Mengabang, Kuala Nerus Terengganu. The distance of the study center is approximately 1.3 kilometers from IPG Dato’ Razali Ismail Campus. This study center comprises a total of 10 students and 5 teachers which accommodates children who have lost both parents or one of them. The students enrolled are ranging from 6 years old to 13 years old. We have obtained information saying that this school focuses on the teaching of Islam religion including Islamic practices and memorization of the Holy Quran which explains that the curriculum taught here is not the same as the government schools. That is to say, they do learn academically, but it is not properly taught with the guidance of standardized syllabi, as the core teaching is about religious practices. In addition, The students here are taught for free in which the study fee is dependent on the school's source of funding and people's donation. Some of the reasons they were being sent to this school were due to the inability to pay for proper education, and of course, to get a solid foundation of religious knowledge. 

However, we have concerned that there are several problems found in this school which have caused the students to face improper teaching and learning (T&L) session, unlike their other fortunate friends in the government schools. To start with, this school lacks teaching staff, especially in the academic field who teach standardized curriculum by the Ministry of Education. Also, the absence of physical education teacher has somehow led them to rarely experience sports day programs. Not only that, they do not have multimedia teaching materials (ICT) -- LCD projector, white screen to optimize the delivery of learning content and the knowledge reception.  Thus, realizing the fact that these students do not have the opportunity to experience a real school environment equipped with proper and enough teaching and learning materials, the Social and Welfare Bureau of Students' Representative Council in Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Dato' Razali Ismail ( IPGKDRI ) has planned to initiate a project called Tholib Mumtaz Tuition Academy to expose them to the same teaching and learning environment just like in the government schools. As IPG is the training center for future primary school teachers, managed by the Malaysian Teacher Education Institute of the Ministry of Education Malaysia (IPGM KPM), we have been exposed to the best teaching skills and have been trained to brush up on them. Thus, with the assistance of voluntary teachers in IPG, the Tahfiz students would be able to learn through a more balanced and comprehensive tuition education --- hands-on activities, a sports day program, and proper T&L sessions. 

Why is it important for the MyStarFish Foundation and the public to support this project? To begin with, we foresee the importance to help these underprivileged kids to rejuvenate their hopes by getting to learn through a more balanced and comprehensive tuition education. That means, the funds provided will be used to buy the ICT T&L materials, exercise books, a hailer (to be used for sports day program), and a notice board which will be useful for updating the current school's information. All these stuff are needed to conduct the Tholib Mumtaz Tuition Academy to open a door for the students to face the same experience as other kids in the government schools.  If the project is not supported, it would be devastating to know that these underprivileged children will be left behind to be in the same experience as other kids in the school.

According to the plan, this project will start on 8th September 2023 and will be ended on 9th December 2023. To run the project smoothly,  The Social and Welfare Bureau of Students' Representative Council IPGKDRI has mapped out the tuition schedule and recruited potential voluntary teachers to be the teachers in charge. The schedule comprises the academic T&L session utilizing the ICT equipment and also physical activities. 

Regarding the teaching rotation, The Social and Welfare Bureau will be distributing the divided tasks to all the members involved. The voluntary teachers will take turns teaching the students according to the provided schedule. Also, we will be giving the Tahfiz students and the school's principal the tuition timetable so that both parties will be well-informed about it.

We aim to provide basic teaching and learning necessities so that the students will not be left behind as compared to other children in government schools. As the enrolled students in 2023 are a total of 10 people, by far, we are able to conduct the tuition academy --- exposing them to a real education setting in school, to only these people involved. However, we expect that the provision of multimedia T&L equipment, notice boards and exercise books will be used and beneficial for the upcoming students who plan to enroll to this school in the future.