JAKARTA. Indonesia is getting closer to instigating a five-day school week, as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided to issue a regulation (Perpres) to protect the private after-school religious tutoring that a new schedule would endanger. Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma'ruf Amin said the Perpres would be formulated not only by the Culture and Education Ministry, the Home Ministry and the Religious Affairs Ministry, but also by Islamic organizations such as the MUI and Muhammadiyah, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). Their involvement was related to the protest against a longer school day they said would "kill" madrassa diniyyaa (after-school courses) for teenaged Muslims to learn about moderate Islamic knowledge, history and practices. With a five-day school week, they pointed out, students would have to spend more hours every day in class and would have no time to attend the madrassa diniyyaa.
Indonesia getting closer to 5-day school week
JAKARTA. Indonesia is getting closer to instigating a five-day school week, as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided to issue a regulation (Perpres) to protect the private after-school religious tutoring that a new schedule would endanger. Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma'ruf Amin said the Perpres would be formulated not only by the Culture and Education Ministry, the Home Ministry and the Religious Affairs Ministry, but also by Islamic organizations such as the MUI and Muhammadiyah, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). Their involvement was related to the protest against a longer school day they said would "kill" madrassa diniyyaa (after-school courses) for teenaged Muslims to learn about moderate Islamic knowledge, history and practices. With a five-day school week, they pointed out, students would have to spend more hours every day in class and would have no time to attend the madrassa diniyyaa.