Business projects run by pesantrens records some profit while teaching their students on economic self reliance (illustration).

Pesantren's business projects that worths billion IDR

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Many Islamic boarding schools or pesantrens, run some business projects aim at empowering their students. The types of the project vary from trading to farming. Some pesantrens are even successful to pour more money, thanks to those projects. “At this time, we have 32 unit projects handled by 250 students,” the Head of Gontor Modern Pesantren, KH...