Ahad 23 Mar 2014 17:38 WIB

Indonesia experiences shortage of teachers on Islamic studies

Rep: Muhammad Ibrahim Hamdani/Mutia Ramadhani/ Red: Yeyen Rostiyani
Some female students recite Quran in their Islamic boardinng school. (Illustration)
Foto: Antara/ syaiful arif.
Some female students recite Quran in their Islamic boardinng school. (Illustration)

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesia is experiencing shortage of teachers on Islamic studies, especially in remote areas. Lacking of budget is considered as the main problem. 

Currently, government through Ministry of Religious Affairs allocates 26 trillion IDR for teacher on Islamic studies. The figure is much lower compared to budget on education managed by Ministry of Education and Culture.

"But the shortage problem in Indonesia happen to teacher on Islamic subject and also on general subjects. We need more budget allocation for teachers," Deputy Secretary General of Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), Tengku Zulkarnain said recently.

Teachers on religious subject in Indonesia are managed under Ministry of Religious Affairs. Zulkarnain said that government should increase budget allocation for teachers on religious.

He also admitted that many teachers were not willing to teach in remote areas and chose to work in cities instead. 

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وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوْٓا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَاۤءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًاۢ بَيْنَهُمْۗ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى لَّقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْۗ وَاِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْرِثُوا الْكِتٰبَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لَفِيْ شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيْبٍ
Dan mereka (Ahli Kitab) tidak berpecah belah kecuali setelah datang kepada mereka ilmu (kebenaran yang disampaikan oleh para nabi) karena kedengkian antara sesama mereka. Jika tidaklah karena suatu ketetapan yang telah ada dahulunya dari Tuhanmu (untuk menangguhkan azab) sampai batas waktu yang ditentukan, pastilah hukuman bagi mereka telah dilaksanakan. Dan sesungguhnya orang-orang yang mewarisi Kitab (Taurat dan Injil) setelah mereka (pada zaman Muhammad), benar-benar berada dalam keraguan yang mendalam tentang Kitab (Al-Qur'an) itu.

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