The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that 26 students who were victims of the collapse of the Al-Khoziny Islamic Boarding School building in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, are still undergoing intensive care in several hospitals.
Dozens of students are feared trapped after a building collapse at an Islamic boarding school in East Java. Police and Basarnas lead urgent rescue operations. Read the full story.
The Directorate of Islamic Boarding Schools of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, together with the Directorate of Health Promotion of the Ministry of Health, are strengthening health services in Islamic boarding schools through the Healthy Islamic Boarding School program.
Indonesian National Police (INP)Chief Listyo Sigit visits East Java pesantren to uphold President Prabowo’s mandate on harmony, unity, and nation-building. Read the full story here.
INP Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo praises East Java Islamic boarding schools for boosting national food security through large‑scale corn planting. Read the full news.
The East Java Regional Task Force Team of the 88 Special Detachment (Densus) Anti-Terrorism invited to a seminar titled "Socialization on the Prevention of Radical Terrorism, Building Student Ideological Resilience, and the Strategic Role of Educators in Countering Radicalism from an Early Age,".
The Religion Minister Nasaruddin Umar went directly to review the Free Health Check (CKG) Program at Assidiqiyah Jakarta Islamic Boarding School.
Vice Minister of Religious Affairs, Muhammad Syafi'i, urged Islamic boarding schools to play a strategic role in supporting national priority programs, particularly in the areas of food and energy security.
The Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps introduced o road safety program among students (santri) in Islamic boarding schools. Learn more.
The Indonesian National Police (INP) has opened its 2025 recruitment, prioritizing Hafiz Quran—those who have memorized the Quran—and Islamic boarding school (pesantren) graduates.
People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Ahmad Muzani emphasized that the role of Islamic boarding schools is very important for Indonesia, even long before independence was achieved.
