Islamic Education Should Be Revitalized

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Muhammad Sirajuddin Syamsuddin or commonly known as Din Syamsuddin said the need for revitalization of Islamic education in Indonesia.

The reason for this, the reality of Islamic education in the community showed not perform optimally as a printer of human resources (HR) has character and personality.

This was revealed Din in the 5th Plenary Meeting of the Advisory Council on Building MUI MUI, Menteng, Central Jakarta. According to Din, amid the government's vision to realize the mental revolution, MUI and Islamic organizations want to take part in the process of changing the character of the nation.

"The revitalization of Islamic education is an important topic discussed. We see Islamic education is not optimal print SDM character," said Din, Wednesday (02/24/2016).

Not only is not optimal, Din assess for Islamic education in Indonesia is limited only be the ritual transfer of knowledge from teacher to pupil.

"There has been no transfer values ​​on the basis of human life. What we are facing globalization, MEA, the key word is quality, competition and competitiveness. We hope that the Islamic education could participate rantangan face," he said.

In the plenary meeting of the Advisory Council of the MUI, a number of figures attended propose various concepts to revitalize Islamic education. These concepts will then be repaired and will be standardized. From concept has been formalized, the DPP MUI along with Islamic organizations will disseminate these ideas to the public.

Member of House Commission VIII Khatibul Umam Wiranu said Islamic religious education that is managed by the Ministry of Religion needs to be addressed.

According to him, officials from the Religious Affairs Secretary-General to the Director General of Islamic Education (Pendis) do not have a commitment to improving the quality of Islamic education.

"A lot of the advice and input of Parliament who have not been heard. It was also the principal findings by the Islamic Education Committee established by the Commission VIII since 15 August," said Khatibul in a written statement Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Jakarta.

He said his concern was based on the inability to make MORA Work Plan and Budget Ministry and Institute (RKA / KL). Whereas RKA / KL it is in fact a portrait of what will be done next year.

Moreover, he continued, the inability of the Director General and Secretary General MORA Pendis in the care of Islamic education, as evidenced in the Commission VIII FGD meeting that had to be stopped because it could not present MORA RKA / KL.

"In the meeting had previously been unheard closed without a conclusion, due to the absence of details of the activities that prompted the Commission VIII. There is an impression that the work program covered up. It is not clear what the reason is so that they close it, even to the House of Representatives which has the task of monitoring and budgeting , "said Khatibul.

He admitted pascaputusan MK governing authority of the Parliament not to discuss in units of three / work programs, it does not mean it should not be aware of what will be done Kemenag during the year ahead.

"The way this shows the attitude MORA officials counter constitutional," said Khatibul.

National Awakening Party politician confirmed, will ask the Minister of Religious Affairs to replace or at least give a strong warning to his subordinates to work properly in the discussion RKA / KL.

People already understand, now grown pesantren quality. Up interest of society to put their children to boarding schools is quite high. Even far-away days before elementary school children the final exam, boarding schools that the public interest has been flooded with prospective students.

From this it can be understood, in fact people need education for their children in a place that reliable quality. Both of science, religion, and morality. So parents calm, when it has mendidikkan sons and daughters to a place like that would pass down generations, God willing, righteous / shalihah and able to face an increasingly turbulent times incoherent.

The average boarding starts from Tsanawiyah or junior high level, although not a few who started from primary and even kindergarten. Well now, needs to be improved as well, the quality of Islamic schools (outside the boarding school that has been trusted by the people it) especially Islamic primary schools or Madrasah, so the quality is not inferior to that already educated in pesantren (quality) from the beginning. Thus, when graduates enter the boarding school quality is not inferior to that already from boarding school, or elementary schools are featured.

In this case the elementary schools of Islam now has a golden opportunity that should not be wasted.

Why?

 Keep in mind, now SD-SD country because it is funded by the authorities and dikompliti ingredients, being a "predator" for Islamic schools (private). So that society as a glance over her children mempecayakan SD_SD to the country which is considered cheaper and more secure. So when the Islamic schools are not able to show his achievements, perhaps in a few times it will increasingly recede. (And it was desired by people who are actually anti-Islam?). But actually, behind it there is a golden opportunity for Islamic schools.

Why?

Because public schools mainly primary schools are now many principals are women.

According to a head of a primary school in Bekasi (male, she is included elementary textbook authors who passed the education ministry then dionline-kan to the national level), that his friends who became head of the SD most women. And according to the experience he has told, every meeting (primary school principals that the majority of women), hardly produce anything, because they are (sorry), according to the judgment he is the people who are not qualified. In fact they can be assessed, more likely to pursue appearance (dressed menor and wah clothes along with accessories are expensive, etc., like peragawatilah) or even the possibility of competitiveness-rival vehicles and forth among them (women).

In addition there are other disorders in the public schools that make some of the schools so "chaotic". Take, for example, in Jakarta there are a dozen schools were renovated. Automated student whose numbers each school there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of emergency it must take place or piggyback the closest school. It turned out that Jokowi-Ahok government in Jakarta is not so forward dozen renovation of the school, and go unpunished. Department of Education said, there are 18 schools that rehabilitation of abandoned buildings in Jakarta, according to the news Tempo (21.4 in 2014). Is not it messy? How the fate of his disciples? Sometimes students have to roam first, because for example at 10 hours of lessons umpteenth completed, forwarded later afternoon hours next lesson. Imagine, Jokowi and Ahok policy resulted in thousands of students keleleran like that along with the teacher.

Jokowi and Ahok Do not fear threats shallalahu Rasulullah 'alaihi wa sallam with his saying this?

اللهم من ولي من أمر أمتي شيئا فشق عليهم فاشقق عليه ومن ولي من أمر أمتي شيئا فرفق بهم فارفق به (أحمد, ومسلم عن عائشة)

"Ya Allah, who served as an office in the government of my ummah and he complicates their affairs, then persulitlah him. And who served as an office in the government of my ummah and he tried to help them, then please precisely him. "(Reported by Ahmad and Muslim, Aisha).

{ومن ولي منهم شيئا فشق عليهم فعليه بهلة الله فقالوا: يا رسول الله وما بهلة الله قال: لعنة الله} رواه أبو عوانة في صحيحه

And whoever led them in an affair and they then hopefully bahlatullah complicate it. Then they asked him, O Allah's Apostle, what bahlatullah it? He replied: La'nat God. (Abu 'Awanah in his Saheeh. There are at Subulus Salam Sharh hadith number 1401).

Amien ya Rabbal the Worlds.

From that description, Islamic schools that the average principal male and relatively undisturbed by interests that do not benefit education such as these, there is actually a golden opportunity to promote education leads, far more advanced than the public schools led by women in the age of human-Waita thirsty treasure and show off wealth and competitiveness-rival today's appearance; which was also plagued by political interests that are sometimes not mnguntungkan education.

In all this time, when the reform of Islamic schools is driven by the headmaster who is not seized with the nature and the bad attitude diidap by the Principals of women in the public schools, then God willing, Islamic schools I know it far ahead , and God willing the public trust will be devoted to Islamic schools.

If it later proved Islamic schools of quality is really, then it can be addressed again nationally, and the name of Islamic schools will be fragrant at the national level. Because they have a plus: that pupils Islamic schools were equipped with general knowledge is not inferior to public schools (even more), there is also the science of religion and even religious practices and akhlaqnya is assured. Until finally the public schools or the country will be difficult to chase, while public college was consequently filled by output from Islamic schools.

Thus, the possibility, extra-curricular activities of students at public universities like boarding school later. It will be a positive impact which is very surprising, because the college Religion that has been contaminated with misguided ideology Harun Nasution heritage in the form of virus liberal, religious pluralism as happened in the UIN, IAIN, STAIN, and the like will disingkiri society. Because people understand very well that in the UIN, IAIN, STAIN and the like that have been contaminated with the virus and various liberal misguided ideology, so they stay away. How come. Ideology-liberalism and religious pluralism that equate Islam with religious idolatry / paganism would clearly be dangerous for future generations. Then the selection of children to college menguliahkan common but previously had been educated in Islamic schools qualified Islam that is the road that may be elected by Muslims.

Again, this is a golden opportunity for the elementary schools of Islam to pace yourself, to prepare a generation of Islamic intellectual, protected from viruses secular and liberal man who plunges into a puddle of irreligious.

In so doing, the Islamic schools have come save the generation of a systematic destruction of Islam worldwide, as well as preparing and forming Rabbani generation that, God willing, will be close to Allah Ta'ala. This equates to prepare people to be righteous men and shalihah, to form the country or village that baldatun thoyyibatun wa Rabbun Ghafuur. Hopefully it can be done with the permission and help of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Aamiin ya Rabbal 'aalamiin.

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