QUO VADIS OF MADRASAH DINIYAH IN INDONESIA (Problems, Opportunities and Challenges of Quality Improvement)

Abstract

This research is to find out the existence of Madrasah Diniyah today in the context of the national education system, to know the problems, to know the challenges, and to know the opportunities to develop them. The method in this research is qualitative with a descriptive approach. The data collection technique is through a literature review in the form of books, journals, articles, and others. The analysis technique is through steps of data reduction, data presentation, drawing conclusion, and verification. The results of this study include: first, promoting their respective creativity according to the cultural conditions of the community around Madrasah Diniyah; Second, the support of various factors, both internal and external such as human resources, government policies that provide flexible space, participation, and community support, a conducive and competitive environment, the role of the mass media and so on; Third, providing educational output in the form of millennial generations who have good morals, intellectual, have skills and do good deeds so that they are able to contribute to the glory of Islamic civilization, the Indonesian nation and state in the present and in the future.