Feeling That Islamic Boarding Schools Are Tiri's Children, The Bekasi Regency Government Is Sitting Together With The DPRD Bahas Raperda

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JAKARTA - The Bekasi Regency Government and DPRD in West Java discussed the draft regional regulation (Raperda) to improve the quality of education for Islamic boarding schools.

"Pesantren must be given the opportunity to develop, facilitate and, its quality is enhanced by all components of the nation, including the central government and local governments, which of course are in accordance with the aims and objectives as stipulated in Law Number 18 of 2019 concerning Islamic Boarding Schools," said Acting Regent of Bekasi, Dani Ramdan in Cikarang, Thursday 22 September.

According to Dani, regional regulations regarding Islamic boarding schools will allow district governments to contribute to efforts to advance Islamic boarding schools through budget allocation and supervision.

Member of the Special Committee 19 of the Bekasi Regency DPRD who handled the Raperda regarding the Rusdy Haryadi Islamic boarding school said that it was time for the government to pay attention to Islamic boarding schools.

"So far, pesantren is like being circulated. Now we also need this raperda so that the local government intervenes in the budget for Islamic boarding schools," he said as quoted by Antara.

"In addition, there is also a question of how we can recruit pesantren graduates to have the same standardization as state graduates," he added.