My wife attended Qur'an teacher training.Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim population. Teaching to read Qur'an is a compulsory for every kid.To be able to teach reading the Koran correctly, standard teacher training is needed.

UMMI foundation gave training to Qur'an teachers. The trainees should pass some qualification. Yesterday, my wife passed the qualification and got a certificate.

Now, my wife has a license from UMMI foundation to teach Qur'an.
Why certification is important? The certification is to avoid wrong teaching. Mistakes in reading are very bad.

The training was the second time. The first training lasted for three days. After four months, the UMMI foundation will refresh all teachers to get the second training. It is only a day training.

Most participants were women. Most of them teach little kids. Women teachers will treat little kids better than men in general.
All the participants were very enthusiastic. At 12 o'clock, they had break time. They continued in the classroom at 1.00 in the afternoon. At 4.00 p.m. the training finished.

Islam in Indonesia

Islamic teaching in Indonesia is not similar to teaching in the Middle East. The principles are the same but there are some social cultural that make the face of Islam in Indonesia is different.

Indonesia is not Islamic country though the majority of the population is moslems. Women can go to school and get higher education. They can also work in offices, markets, and factories. There are many women also drive their own cars.
Some women do not wear hijab though they are moslems.

When some Indonesian moslems act intolerance or have extrimism of ideology, they are not come from the outcome of Islamic teaching in Indonesia. They have contaminated transnational Islamic movements. Thanks for visiting my post!