National Conference and Second Annual Member Meeting of the Early Childhood Islamic Education Association

A National Conference and the second Annual Member Meeting, on 22-24 March 2022
The Early Childhood Islamic Education Association, commonly known as PPIAUD, on 22-24 March 2022, held the second National Conference and Annual Member Meeting. This event occurred at the Grand Tjokro Premier Hotel in Bandung, West Java. The PPIAUD routine meeting this time carries the theme "Strengthening the Professionalism of Prospective PAUD Teachers and Credible Institutions to Form Pious, Smart, Superior Children, Towards a Golden Indonesia 2045". This topic is critical to be raised so that the Indonesian PIAUD study program has the same mainstream as well as the same orientation and strategy in building early childhood education. Through this meeting, it is hoped that it will be able to come up with ideas, thoughts, products, and formulate agreements on PIAUDan in Indonesia, as well as cooperation in the management and development of study programs and so on especially in welcoming Indonesia Gold 2045.
The events lasted three days, starting with the general and visiting lecturer stadium at the PIAUD Study Program at UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung. The series of events continued with the National Dialogue, Academic Writing Training and PAUD Journal Management, Signing of Cooperation, Workshop on Quality Development of PIAUD Study Programs through Lamdik, and ended with PPIAUD Member Meeting, located at Grand Tjokro Premiere Hotel Bandung. This National Conference presented speakers including: Prof. Dr. Mahmud, M.Si, CSEE (Rector of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung), Prof. Dr. Tedi Priatna, M.Ag (Vice Chancellor of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung), Prof. Dr. H. Muchlas Samani, M.Pd (Chairman of Lamdik), Dr. Dindini Jamaludin, M.Ag (Academic Writing speaker), Dr. Euis Kurniati, M.Pd (PAUD Assessor), Dr. Sigit Purnama, M.Pd (Chairman of PPIAUD), Prof. Dr. Aan Hasana, M.Ed. (Dean of FITK UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung), Dra. Siti Latifah Firdaus, M.M.Pd (Chairman of PP IGRA Indonesia), and Drs. Irhas Shabirin (GTK RA Ministry of Religion).
Mrs. Dra. Yuyun Yulianingsih, M.Pd, the committee chairman for the National Conference and RAT PPIAUD Indonesia II, reported that this activity was attended by 117 participants from all PIAUD study programs in Indonesia, with the most significant number of participants coming from the Sumatra region. The person in charge of this activity is the Head of PPIAUD, Dr. Sigit Purnama, M.Pd; meanwhile, the implementer of this whole series of activities is the Manager and Lecturer of the PIAUD Study Program at UIN Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung.
The PIAUD Study Program of UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta itself, was also present, apart from the Head of the PIAUD Study Program, Mr. Dr. Sigit Purnama, M.Pd, who is also the General Chair of PPIAUD Indonesia, two new lecturers of the PIAUD Study Program at UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta were also present to represent the study program, namely: Mr. Bahtiar Arbi, M.Pd, and Mrs. Fahrunnisa, M.Psi, a Psychologist. It is hoped that the presence of the PIAUD study program at UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta at the National Conference and RAT PPIAUD Indonesia can contribute to providing ideas, thoughts, ideas and recommendations for developing the absorption capacity of PIAUD graduates to PAUD policymakers and can participate in formulating agreements on the development of PPIAUD and cooperation- other collaborations. -Icha-