HIGHER EDUCATION AND LEARNING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY PLANS

Abstract

UDK 378.014.521:28-78(047.31)

The introduction of the article relates about strategic planning in general, discussing the basic motives and reasons for devising a strategy for the development of higher education and academic research within the Islamic Community. Amongst the general reasons for forming a development strategy the article considers the current post/modern state of education and learning, pointing out some of the most typical signs of crisis thereof. The first part of the article discusses the responsibility of the Islamic Community to develop more decisive and more distinctive attitude towards higher education, academic learning and research, defining more adequate place for these within its framework. Further, the article presents a strategic plan for the development of higher education and academic learning and research work of the Islamic Community, basic principles and starting points for devising a strategy. This part especially emphasizes strategic aims that have, for the requirement of this strategic plan, been divided into a number of strategic targets: teaching class and students, academic research work, academic cooperation, both internal as well as external, development of higher education and establishment of new institutions, publishing houses and libraries.