The Umar bin Khattab Learning Academy, known as UKLA, is an Islamic education academy at 185 Stoddard Road in Auckland, with the website giving its base as Mount Roskill. It is named after Umar ibn al-Khattab, and it aims to give children a strong Islamic identity alongside their schooling. Weekly maktab classes for children cover Qaida, Quran and Islamic studies. Weekday and weekend programmes cover Quranic reading with tajweed, Islamic education and character development. A full-time hifdh programme is offered for memorising the Quran, along with youth guidance sessions and classes for teenagers. The website says the academy has more than 250 students across its programmes, and that it sells Islamic books and learning resources. It is also fundraising for a planned hub with a masjid, madrasah, hifdh programme and youth and dawah centre.
Customers mention the madrasah most often. Parents say their children have attended for two years and gained useful Islamic knowledge and sound Quran learning. Another said the teachers and management have been dedicated, and that a child did well in exams. Staff are described as helpful, welcoming and knowledgeable, and one parent said the staff helped with resources for a learning programme. Our pick in Mount Roskill for children's Quran and Islamic studies in a welcoming setting.