Liputan6.com, Jakarta Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir said, Pondok Pesantren is one of the main foundations of the people's economic progress.
Therefore, so that the majority of Muslims in the country will not only become foam, SOEs continue to strengthen their commitment to improving the quality of education in Islamic boarding schools, which are important for the progress of civilization and the Indonesian economy.
This was stated by Erick Thohir while watching the ceremony for the launching of the BUMN Social and Environmental Responsibility (TJSL) collaboration program in East Java which took place at the Qomaruddin Islamic Boarding School, Bungah District, Gresik Regency, quoted on Saturday (11/6/2022).
The activity in the form of an applied business program (Vocational) PesantrenPreneur for 26 Islamic Boarding Schools in East Java and Assistance for the Madurese Community involved 42 SOEs.
"We don't want the majority (Muslims) to only become foam in the Indonesian economy, but we have to be the waves that maintain the foundations of our country. Because Islamic boarding schools are very important for the national economy, SOEs continue to encourage education in Islamic boarding schools to continue to be developed so that they are not only revive the people's economy, but also the people's economy," said Erick.
The program, which was initiated by the Ministry of SOEs, began with the 2022 Pesantren Preneur Training of Trainer (ToT) activity, which was attended by 78 caregivers. TOT is a training activity for teacher caregivers to improve the quality of hard skills as a provision of knowledge and experience to be taught to students at Islamic Boarding Schools.