Doctoral Candidate Accompanied During Closed Examination

Friday, September 18, 2020, Universitas Islam Malang’s Multicultural Islamic Education Doctoral Program held two closed examinations. First up, from 7:00 to 8:15 a.m., was doctoral candidate Salim, a lecturer at Raden Rahmat University, Malang.

Salim was accompanied by a colleague, having not yet fully recovered from an illness. Organizers had originally planned a blind examination, a format designed to assess a candidate’s work without direct contact between examiner and examinee.

Doctoral candidate Salim (wearing a red robe), accompanied by his colleague

A second session followed from 8:20 to 10:20 a.m. for doctoral candidate Abdul Halim, a lecturer at KH. Abdul Chalim Institute, Mojokerto. Abdul Halim presented his dissertation, “Multicultural Perspectives of Islamic Religious Education Teachers in Mojokerto Regency.”

Doctoral candidate Abdul Halim taking notes on feedback from the board of examiners

Prof. M. Mas’ud Said, PhD, Director of Universitas Islam Malang’s Postgraduate Program, chaired both sessions. Six examiners attended: Prof. Dr. Djunaidi Ghony, Prof. Dr. H. Imam Suprayogo, Prof. Dr. H. Maskuri, M.Si, and Prof. Dr. H. Yaqub Cikusin, M.Si, joined alternately by Prof. Dr. Ir. H. Agus Sugianto, ST, MP for the first session and Prof. Dr. H. Junaidi, M.Pd for the second. (Nad/Al/PPS)

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