Ministry Of Religion Arranges PAUD Licensing And Rumah Tahfiz Al Quran

Director General of Islamic Education, Ministry of Religion M. Ali Ramdhani/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) has implemented a moratorium on accepting applications for the issuance of new permits for the implementation of Al-Quran Early Childhood Education (PAUD) and the Tahfiz Al-Quran House. The Director General of Islamic Education Number D-881/DJ/PP.03/04/2022, which is effective from April 11, 2022, is implemented in order to organize the educational institutions of the Al-Quran. Early Childhood Al Quran or PAUDQU and Tahfiz Al Quran House or RTQ are intended to prepare better regulations. ," said the Director General of Islamic Education at the Ministry of Religion, M. Al . i Ramdhani. The Director of Diniyah Education and Islamic Boarding Schools of the Ministry of Religion Waryono said that the decision to implement a moratorium on the issuance of new permits for PAUDQU and RTQ was taken after a regulatory review process with the Organizational and Legal Section of the Secretariat of the Directorate General of Islamic Education as well as meetings with PAUDQU and RTQ stakeholders "Improvement of regulations will provide legal certainty for the implementation of PAUDQU and RTQ, both in terms of institutions, educators, and education staff, students and others," he said. "During the moratorium, we hope that all parties can comply, including processes related to other ministries/agencies," he said.