Strengthening the Development of Religious Education in Local Government of Indonesia
Abd. Rais Asmar, Arifin Hamid, Hamzah Halim, Zulkifli Aspan

Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University

Abstract

The religious education is fundamental for Indonesian people because Indonesia is a complex country with over 260 million people consist of various culture and faith. However, the authority in the religious sector was already exclusive to the central government. This article concerns about construction of local goverment authority in religious education sector in unitary state like Indonesia. This research was conducted by normative research, approached with statute approach, historical approach, and comparative approach. Ideally, religious education sector should be handled by local government with supervision and support from central government. Futhermore, religious education system should be put in some informal form in public or private education system in order to get frugality. This way will facilitate the occasion of central government and local government in religious education system.

Keywords: Government, Religious Education, Decentralization

Topic: General Issues