Ma'ruf Amin's Message To Santri: Continue To Strive In Various Fields For The National Economic Wheel Movement

JAKARTA - The Vice President, KH Ma'ruf Amin, encouraged the students to become the driving force of the national economy which was quite affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. he said, in a statement from the Press, Media and Information Bureau of the Vice President's Secretariat, in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Friday, October 22. With the potential number of Islamic boarding schools reaching more than 30,000 in all regions, the Vice President said almost half of them have high economic potential. Referring to data from the Ministry of Religion, he said the number of Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia was recorded at 34,652, with the number of students reaching 4,760,000 people. sharia, agribusiness, animal husbandry, plantation as well as vocational," he said.

With this huge potential, he continued, the students have the potential to contribute to various efforts to accelerate the national economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, at the commemoration of National Santri Day 2021 at the State Palace in Jakarta, Friday, President Joko Widodo said the government had prepared various programs for students to contribute to the economic progress of the community. , Micro Waqf Bank. I hope the students can take advantage of these various financing programs well so that pesantren and santri can play a role in the people's economy," he said, in Jakarta, Friday. He also emphasized the importance of digital transformation to develop the economy and Islamic finance nationally. , so that Indonesia is able to compete at the global level.