CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO), LITTLE CALIPHS INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER (CAO), LITTLE CALIPHS INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD
Haji Roslan Nordin is a co-founder, chairman and CEO of Little Caliphs International Sdn Bhd. He was born in Pasir Panjang, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan in 1964. He went to Sekolah Menengah King George V in Negeri Sembilan before furthering his study in USA.
Haji Roslan Nordin is a business leader who enables entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs towards successful and profitable business startup and operation. His passion is in tarbiyah, business, and creating lots of jobs and business oportunities. Together with his wife, Hajjah Sabariah Faridah binti Jamaluddin, Haji Roslan shares the love and concern on children education in the light of Islam. They co-founded an Islamic-English-Creative preschool program called The Little Caliphs Program. The couple also founded Kindermall International Sdn Bhd, an E-Commerce and network marketing company specializing in halal and healthy food and beverages distribution.
In 2003, the couple established their first Little Caliphs kindergarten in Shah Alam, Malaysia. Until 2008 there were more than 20 Little Caliphs kindergartens. In 2009, they had restructured the business and licensing program whereby Haji Roslan played the role as business author, and Hajjah Sabariah Faridah as the academic author of The Little Caliphs Program. Alhamdulillah, since then, the business has been growing steadily with the openings of approximately 40 new Little Caliphs kindergartens every year. As at 2023, Little Caliphs has grown into more than 160 licensees, and 500 kindergarten branches with more than 35,000 students nationwide. Little Caliphs notable brand is marked with several esteemed brand awards including Readers Digest Gold Trusted Brand Award (Preschool Division) for 2018 and 2019, Malaysia SuperBrands Award 2019, Malaysia Top Business Performance Award 2016, Malaysian Book of Records 2017, and Asia Platinum Award for The Best and Creative Islamic Kindergarten in Quality Education Program 2019.
Haji Roslan holds M. Sc Computer and B. Sc Computer from Central Michigan University and Western Michigan University respectively. He brings to Little Caliphs his colorful 35 years of multi-functional roles, multi-industries, and multi countries work experiences.
Before his full time involvement with Little Caliphs, among his former positions are:
1. Lecturer of Computer Science at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Institut Teknologi MARA, Universiti Industri Selangor.
2. Dean of IT Faculty at Univeristi Industri Selangor.
3. Software developer, systems consultant at Uniphone (Apple Div) Sdn Bhd.
4. Company president at Khawarizmy Business Technology (Business Information System developer and Syatems Implementation).
5. General Manager of IT and Mobile Billing Division of Telekom Malaysia International (BD).
6. Coprporate Strategy Manager at NISSAN Saudi Arabia.
Throughout his colorful career, he has acquired commendable skills and experiences in various functional roles including project manager (based on PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge), sales, marketing, administration, corporate strategy (based on Balanced Scourecard), human resource, counsellor, financial and accounting, inventory management, business mentor, and entrepreneur.
Among the industries that he had worked in depth are computing, higher learning institution, mobile telecommunication, franchise, car distribution, trading, and product manufacturing. He had also worked in USA, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia.
Haji Roslan’s business mission is to enable growth of human and financial resources through provision of halal and high quality products and services worldwide, all in the light of Islam. He believes in halal, trust, and integrity in any business dealings. His motto is “Whoever is with me, he will grow positively, InshaaAllah!”.
Little Caliphs® and it modules are designed by Datin Dr. Hajjah Sabariah Faridah Jamaluddin from her course from America, UK and Finland. The modules are a combination of theories of education from Islamic scholars such as Imam Al Ghazali, Ibn Khaldun, Nasih Abu ULwan and syed naquib al Atas.
The activities are designed from a mixture from Regio Emillio, Froebel and Maria Montessory
Datin Dr. Hajjah Sabariah Faridah Jamaluddin is also an esteemed member of Global Islamic School Network where she will be trained and discussed on current issues of Preschool and school issues.
It is proven for 20 years that children undergo The Little Caliphs® Program (TLCP) modules are very advanced in their primary class and having the confidence and good self esteem.
Datin Dr. Hajjah Sabariah Faridah Jamaluddin is also the Founder of Islamic School Network Malaysia and being the BOD of 13 Integrated Islamic Schools across Malaysia continuing the modules and teaching methods to children.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO), LITTLE CALIPHS INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER (CAO), LITTLE CALIPHS INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO), LITTLE CALIPHS INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD
Haji Roslan Nordin is a co-founder, chairman and CEO of Little Caliphs International Sdn Bhd. He was born in Pasir Panjang, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan in 1964. He went to Sekolah Menengah King George V in Negeri Sembilan before furthering his study in USA.
Haji Roslan Nordin is a business leader who enables entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs towards successful and profitable business startup and operation. His passion is in tarbiyah, business, and creating lots of jobs and business oportunities. Together with his wife, Hajjah Sabariah Faridah binti Jamaluddin, Haji Roslan shares the love and concern on children education in the light of Islam. They co-founded an Islamic-English-Creative preschool program called The Little Caliphs Program. The couple also founded Kindermall International Sdn Bhd, an E-Commerce and network marketing company specializing in halal and healthy food and beverages distribution.
In 2003, the couple established their first Little Caliphs kindergarten in Shah Alam, Malaysia. Until 2008 there were more than 20 Little Caliphs kindergartens. In 2009, they had restructured the business and licensing program whereby Haji Roslan played the role as business author, and Hajjah Sabariah Faridah as the academic author of The Little Caliphs Program. Alhamdulillah, since then, the business has been growing steadily with the openings of approximately 40 new Little Caliphs kindergartens every year. As at 2023, Little Caliphs has grown into more than 160 licensees, and 500 kindergarten branches with more than 35,000 students nationwide. Little Caliphs notable brand is marked with several esteemed brand awards including Readers Digest Gold Trusted Brand Award (Preschool Division) for 2018 and 2019, Malaysia SuperBrands Award 2019, Malaysia Top Business Performance Award 2016, Malaysian Book of Records 2017, and Asia Platinum Award for The Best and Creative Islamic Kindergarten in Quality Education Program 2019.
Haji Roslan holds M. Sc Computer and B. Sc Computer from Central Michigan University and Western Michigan University respectively. He brings to Little Caliphs his colorful 35 years of multi-functional roles, multi-industries, and multi countries work experiences.
Before his full time involvement with Little Caliphs, among his former positions are:
1. Lecturer of Computer Science at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Institut Teknologi MARA, Universiti Industri Selangor.
2. Dean of IT Faculty at Univeristi Industri Selangor.
3. Software developer, systems consultant at Uniphone (Apple Div) Sdn Bhd.
4. Company president at Khawarizmy Business Technology (Business Information System developer and Syatems Implementation).
5. General Manager of IT and Mobile Billing Division of Telekom Malaysia International (BD).
6. Coprporate Strategy Manager at NISSAN Saudi Arabia.
Throughout his colorful career, he has acquired commendable skills and experiences in various functional roles including project manager (based on PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge), sales, marketing, administration, corporate strategy (based on Balanced Scourecard), human resource, counsellor, financial and accounting, inventory management, business mentor, and entrepreneur.
Among the industries that he had worked in depth are computing, higher learning institution, mobile telecommunication, franchise, car distribution, trading, and product manufacturing. He had also worked in USA, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia.
Haji Roslan’s business mission is to enable growth of human and financial resources through provision of halal and high quality products and services worldwide, all in the light of Islam. He believes in halal, trust, and integrity in any business dealings. His motto is “Whoever is with me, he will grow positively, InshaaAllah!”.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER (CAO), LITTLE CALIPHS INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD
Little Caliphs® and it modules are designed by Datin Dr. Hajjah Sabariah Faridah Jamaluddin from her course from America, UK and Finland. The modules are a combination of theories of education from Islamic scholars such as Imam Al Ghazali, Ibn Khaldun, Nasih Abu ULwan and syed naquib al Atas.
The activities are designed from a mixture from Regio Emillio, Froebel and Maria Montessory
Datin Dr. Hajjah Sabariah Faridah Jamaluddin is also an esteemed member of Global Islamic School Network where she will be trained and discussed on current issues of Preschool and school issues.
It is proven for 20 years that children undergo The Little Caliphs® Program (TLCP) modules are very advanced in their primary class and having the confidence and good self esteem.
Datin Dr. Hajjah Sabariah Faridah Jamaluddin is also the Founder of Islamic School Network Malaysia and being the BOD of 13 Integrated Islamic Schools across Malaysia continuing the modules and teaching methods to children.
Founder of TLCP since 2003
Founder and Executive Director of ISSA
Board of Director for Integrated Islamic School Network
Program Advisor ECE for KOWJ Tati San, KPJ Johor
Lecturer of UiTM & American Degree Preparation Program
Co-founder of Lake Head Grammar School, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Head of Pre-Science Program, Kolej Inspens (owned by Selangor State Government) Lecturer of Pre-School Teaching Certification Program under Ministry of Education (run by Kolej Pendidikan Perdana, Shah Alam)
English teacher at SRI KL International School, Subang Jaya
Founder and Executive Director of Integrated Islamic School Shah Alam (IISSA) Founded first kindergarten in 1986. Since then she has trained and consulted many kindergartens in Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Indonesia
Trained and mastered in various learning and teaching methodologies
Or were you witnesses when death approached ya'qub (jacob)? When he said unto his sons, ``what will you worship after me?`` they said, ``we shall worship your ilah (god - allah), the ilah (god) of your fathers, ibrahim (abraham). Isma'il (ishmael), ishaque (isaac), one ilah (god), and to him we submit (in islam).
Datin Dr. Hajah Sabariah Faridah’s interest in early childhood education started when she was working as a volunteer teacher at an Islamic English kindergarten in Ottawa while she was a Chemistry student at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Since then, she plays an active role in helping entrepreneurs, associations, and communities to open Islamic kindergartens in Malaysia.
With the Grace of Allah, in January 2003, Datin Dr. Hjh Sabariah Faridah and her husband, Datuk Haji Roslan Nordin finally founded their own
kindergarten. The name given to the new kindergarten was Little Caliphs Kindergarten, but due to the naming rules of the Ministry of Education, the name could not be used. Instead, the kindergarten was named Tadika Rama Rama Bistari.
Backed by her many years of active training and consultancy on early childhood education, the founders used the new kindergarten as a platform to design, develop, and test a new pre-school program, namely The Little Caliphs Program®.
Continuous research and development, courses attended, hands-on involvements, feedback from parents, students, and staff, visits to other kindergartens all over the world, and most importantly, inspiration from Allah S.W.T. – all of these have contributed to the development of TLCP.
In this husband and wife synergy, Haji Roslan Nordin plays the role as business author of TLCP while Hajjah Sabariah Faridah as the academic author. The Little Caliphs Program® was originally marketed by ILM Marketing since 2003. Little Caliphs International Sdn Bhd was incorporated on 6th of January 2010 marking the founders’ plan to market TLCP into the international arena.
Incorporated in Shah Alam, Selangor on 06 January 2010.
Fully owned by the founders of The Little Caliphs Program :
Datuk Haji Roslan bin Nordin and Datin Dr. Hjh Sabariah Faridah Jamaluddin.
Business focus: Focuses on Early Childhood Education and Business licensing program, academic research, training, consultancy, publishing, trading and merchandising of preschool related products.
Datin Dr. Hajah Sabariah Faridah’s interest in early childhood education started when she was working as a volunteer teacher at an Islamic English kindergarten in Ottawa while she was a Chemistry student at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Since then, she plays an active role in helping entrepreneurs, associations, and communities to open Islamic kindergartens in Malaysia.
With the Grace of Allah, in January 2003, Datin Dr. Hjh Sabariah Faridah and her husband, Datuk Haji Roslan Nordin finally founded their own
kindergarten. The name given to the new kindergarten was Little Caliphs Kindergarten, but due to the naming rules of the Ministry of Education, the name could not be used. Instead, the kindergarten was named Tadika Rama Rama Bistari.
Backed by her many years of active training and consultancy on early childhood education, the founders used the new kindergarten as a platform to design, develop, and test a new pre-school program, namely The Little Caliphs Program®.
Continuous research and development, courses attended, hands-on involvements, feedback from parents, students, and staff, visits to other kindergartens all over the world, and most importantly, inspiration from Allah S.W.T. – all of these have contributed to the development of TLCP.
In this husband and wife synergy, Haji Roslan Nordin plays the role as business author of TLCP while Hajjah Sabariah Faridah as the academic author. The Little Caliphs Program® was originally marketed by ILM Marketing since 2003. Little Caliphs International Sdn Bhd was incorporated on 6th of January 2010 marking the founders’ plan to market TLCP into the international arena.
Incorporated in Shah Alam, Selangor on 06 January 2010.
Fully owned by the founders of The Little Caliphs Program :
Datuk Haji Roslan bin Nordin and Datin Dr. Hjh Sabariah Faridah Jamaluddin.
Business focus: Focuses on Early Childhood Education and Business licensing program, academic research, training, consultancy, publishing, trading and merchandising of preschool related products.
Our mission is to instill the LOVE of Islam and knowledge to young children as an early preparation for them to become righteous: Slaves of Allah, Khalifah of Allah & Ummat of Prophet Muhammad PBUH. To give young learners a wonderful and effective learning experiences using best practices in early childhood education.
To provide aspiring entrepreneurs with a credible investment and business opportunity in Islamic-English-Creative pre-school education service provision.
The Little Caliphs Program® being adopted by kindergartens all over the world so that the young generations will be enlightened with the light of islam at the early stage of their lives, having the correct understanding and positive attitude towards islam and knowledge
Nabi Muhammad (PBUH) said, “Honor your children and bring them up well. Verily, your children are a gift for you