Problematika Pendidikan Islam di Indonesia

Along with the time, complicated educational problems emerge. Entering the era of globalization, the world of education has raised people’s interest. The interest is not in the successfulness of the quality of the national education, rather it is bacause of the awareness of the dangers of backwardness of education in Indonesia. Various educational issues arise and evolve such as: the poor quality of education in general, budgetting problems in education, unequal educational opportunities, and the high cost of education. More specifically, the problems also occur in the teaching profession that serve as the stakeholder of education. Some emerging problems include the low quality of teachers, unprofessional performance in carrying out the tasks of teacher, lack of public recognition of the teaching profession, and teachers' welfare level which is still relatively low. This paper seeks to identify and understand the problems of Islamic education in the era of globalization. It should also be noted that the problems of education described in this paper are limited to the issues in formal education.