THE EXISTENCE OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN PUBLIC HIGHER COLLEGES

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Islamic Education in universities is part of a compulsory public course whose existence is regulated through legislation. This article examines the dynamics of the Indonesian government’s policy towards the implementation of Islamic Religious Education in the General College. Research is conducted through a socio historical approach using content analysis methods of relevant manuscripts, both in the form of books, journals and related documents. The results of the study show that Islamic Religious Education policies in public universities are influenced by assumptions and policy makers, in this case the government (Old Order, New Order and Reform Order), to the socio-political and cultural reality that develops in society through regulation, bureaucratic system, implementation of obligations and political reproduction in the Indonesian context. The existence of the college becomes one of the educational institutions that are understood by the task and responsibility of the community. In order to prepare graduates who can fill the needs of the community to become skilled experts in accordance with national educational goals.