Ganti menteri ganti kurikulum” begitu kira-kira adagium yang melekat dalam benak masyarakat ketika dihadapkan dengan pergantian menteri, khususnya menteri pendidikan. Kurang lebih sudah lima bulan Anies Baswedan lengser dari jabatannya (27 Juli 2016) sebagai Mendikbud yang kemudian digantikan dengan Muhajir Effendy, mantan rektor Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Jawa Timur. Bukan tanpa alasan jika mendikbud baru menggagas sistem FDS. Menurutnya, penerapan sistem FDS diharapkan bisa membangun karakter siswa dengan memberikan program tambahan di sekolah. Ketika orangtua sibuk dengan pekerjaanya, alangkah baiknya anak berada di sekolah dibawah bimbingan guru, dari pada sendiri di rumah sangat riskan bagi pertumbuhan sikap dan perilaku anak. Anak tanpa pengawasan orangtua cenderung liar dan mudah berperilaku negatif. Begitu kira-kira pandanganMuhajir Efendy dengan FDS-nya...
What is Islam's view about education, science and technology? The framework of Islamic thought represents a comprehensive view of life and the universe. A Muslim is therefore required to acquire both religious and worldly knowledge. In fact, Islam advocated knowledge at a time when the whole world was engulfed in ignorance. In a matter of years the early generation of Muslims became a learned and refined people, for Islam had awakened in them the faculty of intellect. Those early Muslims understood from the teachings of their religion that useful knowledge is necessary for the benefit of the self and of humanity. Hence, they pursued it to such a degree that they surpassed other nations in development and productivity and carried the torch of civilization for many centuries. Muslim history abounds with examples of scientific and cultural ingenuity. Muslims inherited the knowledge of the nations that came...