Indonesia
In the lead-up to Indonesia’s 76th Independence Day commemoration, the Doctoral Program in Multicultural Islamic Education at Universitas Islam Malang (UNISMA) conferred three doctoral degrees through promotion sessions held on 6 and 11 August 2021.
Doctoral promotion is the final examination that doctoral candidates must complete to be conferred a doctorate degree. Conducted as an open examination, the process allows the public to witness and assess each candidate’s academic capabilities firsthand.
Promovendus Afandi, S.Pd.I., M.Pd.I. defended his dissertation titled “Cultivating the Hubbul Wathon Character Through the Integration of Multicultural Islamic Education Values in Islamic Boarding School-Based Local Wisdom: A Study at MA Nurul Huda Pekandangan, Sumenep and Mambaul Ulum Bata-Bata Pamekasan.”
Afandi, a doctoral candidate, received the official decision from Unisma’s rector as the chair of the open defense
Promovendus Firmansyah, MA. presented his research titled “Realising Moderate Values of Islamic Education Through Multicultural School Culture: An Ethnographic Study at Sultan Iskandar Muda Senior High School, Medan City.”
On 11 August, Ahmad Hanif Fahruddin, MA. defended his dissertation titled “Internalisation of Multicultural Islamic Education Values in Families, Communities, and Schools in Realising Social Harmony in the Balun Turi Community, Lamongan.”
M. Hanif Fahruddin, posing for a photo after the open defense for Multicultural Islamic Education doctoral program
All three candidates are serving lecturers at their respective educational institutions. Promovendus Afandi is a lecturer at STIT Al-Ibrohimy, Galis, Bangkalan; Firmansyah, MA. lectures at STIT Al-Hikmah, Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra; and Ahmad Hanif Fahruddin, MA. is a lecturer in Islamic Religious Education at Universitas Islam Lamongan.
All three new doctors from UNISMA’s Doctoral Program in Multicultural Islamic Education received a grade of A and graduated with Cum Laude honours. It is hoped that the growing number of doctoral graduates in Indonesia will contribute to shaping a nation of independent and principled character. (AL/PPS)
