STARTOGEL -the Constitutional Court (MK) ensures that religious education must be a subject that must be in schools so elementary, junior high, high school are equal. This verdict was set against January 3, 2025 by MK Judge Arief Hidayat. Regarding this matter, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) welcomes and is ready to carry out the Constitutional Court’s decision that requires religious education in schools.

The decision of the Constitutional Court is very appropriate

The decision of the Constitutional Court is very appropriate, along with the 1945 Constitution which affirms the purpose of education to form people who have faith, piety, and noble character. Minister of Education Abdul Mu’ti said, this decree strengthens the National Education System Act 20/2003 which says that every student is entitled to receive religious education in accordance with his religion and taught by educators who are co-religionists. “This law says that every student has the right to receive religious education in accordance with his religion and is taught by educators who are of the same religion,” he said, quoted from the Antara page, Saturday (4/1/2025).

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The decision to require every school in Indonesia to provide additional religious education subjects was revealed by an incorrect one MK Judge Arief Hidayat in a plenary session regarding the material test of Article 12 paragraph 1, and Article 37 paragraph 1 and 2 of Law Number 20 of 2003. The decision of the Constitutional Court also dropped the application from the applicant on behalf of Raymond Kamil and Indra Syahputra who wanted religious education to be an optional subject. The Constitutional Court judge added more than one view on the decree, including religious teaching in education has been going on for a long time and is a consequence of the acceptance of Pancasila as an ideology.

National Education must be carried out democratically and fairly while always respecting human rights, religious values, cultural values, and the diversity of the nation.

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