The Madrassah system in Kenya has been operating in the same way like it did so many centuries back. Many of the current Madrassahs were started by individuals in homes or in private accommodations. Others are run by Mosque committees. To a large extend many suffer from the state of non-reform due to individualization of these institutions.
Other learning systems, like the ones in Kenyan public schools are different. There is no link between these religious Madrassahs and the school system. If to a little extend the schools are only lucky and privileged to at least have some few Islamic lessons taught to its pupils and students in the name of Islamic Religious Education (IRE) which suffers from deficiency of qualified trained teachers, capable of handling the subject and giving it the rights it deserves. Ummah Foundation and compatible Organisations have strived to think a
long this line of how best we can stream line the current system to be able to be productive in terms of quality of its graduates. For the fifteen years, we have ran Madrassahs in Nakuru, Kisumu, Gilgil and Magadi. The objective is to give chance to Muslim students in these areas to learn at a tender age their religion and at the same time be able to attend school like the rest of the Kenyan pupils. We have replicated the same in Kilifi areas of Bamba and we aim at:

1- Providing a holistic education compatible with Islamic principles and practices.
2- Enabling our young learners to live harmoniously in our multicultural society and to
contribute to the growth and wellbeing of our nation.
3- Preserving our Islamic identity and commitment to the development of the Ummah.
4- Starting a foundation to a more unified system that can run our Madrassahs with potential trained teachers.

To empower our Madrassah teachers and Imams, Ummah Foundation conducts annual trainings that target the teachers and Imams of several regions across the country. These courses are purposely intended to equip the teachers with all the skills they require in their teaching careers. Within a four year period we are be able to measure up to the level of other teachers who have graduated from primary teaching colleges. The beauty of the trainings is the proficiency we receive from instructors sourced from Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). We intend to equip our informal teachers with skills that can measure to the level of any good level learning environment.