Policies of Islamic Education in Public Schools in The Independence (Old Order) Era

Many changes occurred after Indonesia's independence, both in the field of government and in the field of education. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive research with a historical approach and obtaining descriptive data in both oral and written form. The results of this research show that during the Old Order era Islamic education had experienced developments that were closely related to the establishment of the Ministry of Defense on January 3 1946 to provide a way of struggle for the politics of Islamic education in the country. The implementation of Islamic education was one part of the National Education system during the Old Order era. Because it is related to general policies and specific national education policies, they must be understood in their entirety. It is explicitly stated in the TAP MPRS that religious education is important for all Indonesian people in order to achieve the ideals of the nation and state which are enshrined in Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution.