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Problem: Throughout history, Muslims have given great importance to memorizing the Qur'an. Memorizing the Qur'an in the Republic of Turkey, the responsibility of the Presidency of Religious Affairs (DİB) has continued in the Qur'an courses. With the new arrangement, the project of memorizing the Qur'an with formal education is implemented in Imam-Hatip Secondary Schools. The aim of the project is to help students complete and strengthen the Qur'an memorization without interrupting formal education. In addition, the Presidency of Religious Affairs has been trying to develop different Qur'an memory projects in recent years. One of these is the practice of memorizing the Qur'an with theology education at the university. In this project, students can receive Hifz education without interrupting their undergraduate education. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the two project mentioned above through the eyes of administrators, teachers and students. The analysis of the Qur'an memorization projects together with formal education in the light of scientific data obtained from stakeholders is important for the development of such practices from a scientific perspective. Method: This research is a case study. In the study, a semi-structured interview form consisting of open-ended questions prepared for administrators, teachers and students was used. The working group consists of administrators, teachers and students selected from the schools that provide memory education at the secondary school level and the Qur'an courses that provide the hifz education at the theology education level. Purposeful and maximum diversity sampling was created. In the research, interviews were made with 2 administrators, 8 teachers (hifz teacher) and 16 students. Descriptive analysis technique was used to analyse the data. The answers given by the participants to open-ended questions were interpreted under different themes created based on the sub-problems of the research. With the data obtained from the study group, different dimensions of the Qur'an memorization together with both secondary and theological education were tried to be enlightened. The data obtained in the study were analysed around the structure and organization, purpose/importance, instructor and student quality, student selection, transition to memorization, memorization methods, tools and materials, guidance and sociocultural activities, measurement-evaluation and physical conditions, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Psychological Stress and self-esteem are common issues that everyone has had to cope with at some time in their lives. The purpose of this study was to discover if there is a correlation between Psychological stress and self-esteem. (350) Sudanese secondary school students were used for this study. The participants were secondary school students attending Al. Kamleen Locality, located in Gezira State-Sudan. Participants were surveyed to measure their psychological stress and self-esteem. Psychological stress scale for Fontana & Rida Abouserie, and Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES;1965) were used to measure the participants' psychological stress, and self-esteem. A Pearson correlation was calculated examining the relationship between subjects' psychological stress and self-esteem. A negative significant correlation was found (r = 0.64-, p < .001). Psychological stress was related to self-esteem. In Psychological stress, there are statistical significant differences due to gender, in favor of females, and due to residence, in favor of urban. In Self-esteem, also, there are statistical significant differences due to gender, in favor of females, and due to residence, in favor of urban. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]