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        "id": 1798158,
        "msgid": "uin-malangs-mahad-prepares-pioneers-to-answer-challenges-in-the-digitalisation-era-1781178916",
        "date": "2026-06-11 17:40:07",
        "title": "UIN Malang's Ma'had Prepares Pioneers to Answer Challenges in the Digitalisation Era",
        "author": "Muhammad Hafil",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University (UIN) Malang is reinforcing its role as a pioneering educational institution by integrating a pesantren system with university studies to strengthen students' spiritual intelligence in the digital era. The mandatory programme classifies students by their initial abilities, ensuring both advanced learners and beginners receive appropriate religious guidance without affecting their formal academic workload. The system, which has been running since 2000, has been adopted by various other state Islamic higher education institutions and madrasas across Indonesia.",
        "content": "<p>The State Islamic University (UIN) Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang\ncontinues to strengthen its position as a pioneer of higher education\ninstitutions. It is doing this by integrating the pesantren system with\nthe university, following current digital trends through spiritual\nreinforcement for its graduates. Through Ma\u2019had Al-Jamiah Sunan Ampel\nal-Ali (MSAA), it is hoped that students\u2019 EQ, IQ, and SQ can be shaped\nregardless of the study programme they are pursuing. The expectation is\nthat the knowledge taught in the pesantren during the first year of\nuniversity will make students more religious and less susceptible to\nnegative activities, as well as violations of law and religious norms.\nThe Head of the Ma\u2019had Al-Jamiah Centre at UIN Malang, Dr Ahmad Izzudin,\nM.HI., explained that this integrative idea was born to answer the\nchallenges of effective religious education in the modern era. The\nsystem, pioneered in 2000, has now been adopted by various State Islamic\nReligious Higher Education Institutions (PTKIN) and madrasas in\nIndonesia. \u2018UIN Malang has the idea to continue innovating in merging\nthese two education systems within one institution. At Ma\u2019had, they are\nin their natural habitat, thus they have a strong basic foundation for\nliving in a campus and urban environment,\u2019 said Ahmad Izzudin. The\nlearning system at Ma\u2019had MSAA is based on a classification of students\u2019\ninitial abilities. Ahmad Izzudin explained that students who already\nhave experience in pesantren will be directed to advanced-level classes\nsuch as tafsir and writing. Conversely, students who cannot yet read the\nAl-Quran will be guided from the basic level without affecting their\nformal course load. This inclusive policy also applies automatically to\nforeign students and non-Muslim students, for whom the learning process\nis adjusted through cooperation with relevant religious institutions.\nThis mandatory mahad or dormitory programme will also be implemented\ncomprehensively at the new UIN Malang Campus 3. Through this system,\nstudents are automatically registered as mahasantri from the very start\nof their studies.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/uin-malangs-mahad-prepares-pioneers-to-answer-challenges-in-the-digitalisation-era-1781178916",
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