Islamic Education In Indonesia: A Historical Analysis Of Development And Dynamics

Islamic education in Indonesia has been going on since the introducing of \nIslam in Indonesia starting with informal education that personal relationships between \nbroadcasters of Islamic preachers who came to Indonesia with the surrounding community. \nA relationship that led to the initial recognition of the Islamic community, then began \nappearing of Islamic education in non-formal centers such as in the mosque. In this place \nwas taken away in non-formal education, diverse learners are still a child and there are also \nadults. Once the need for education among the Muslim community, they begin to appear \nformal educational institutions such as schools, Islamic schools and madrasah as well as \nIslamic universities. Islamic education experience its dynamics in terms of both quantitative \nand qualitative in the light of the qualitative. Qualitative terms of Islamic education \nexperienced rapid growth throughout Indonesia with thousands of Islamic boarding schools \n(pesantren), schools and madrasah. In view of the qualitative angle of Islamic education, \nhas evolved from traditional education appears to be a modern Islamic education is able to \nprovide its response to the progress of the times and was able to give contribution to the \ndevelopment of the nation, and the state. On the relation with this, the Islamic education in \nIndonesia has a very important position and strategic, because that is the Law of National \nEducation System that Islamic education occupies a position as a sub-system of the National \nEducation System.