MUHAMMADIYAH.ID, SIDOARJO – General Chairman of the Central Board of Muhammadiyah Haedar Nashir advised educators to remain to do social distancing and leverage technology without being complacent about instrumental aspects.

“Humans and education play roles in molding attitudes. In developed countries, moral education is a basis to enlighten people so that they have knowledge, faith, and noble piety,” declared Haedar in the opening of a webinar conducted by Majlis of Primary and Secondary Education of the Muhammadiyah Regional Board of Jawa Timur on Thursday (27/8).

He mentioned that one of the Muhammadiyah characteristics is not easily being discouraged. During this pandemic, issues in education should focus on discussing learning methods to build morals, faith, and characters instead of debating learning instruments.

“We now should think about innovation. We have to be creative. We may not get stuck. We should be problem solvers and believe that online learning can be effective,” asserted Haedar. He also expected that online learning designed by Muhammadiyah can become a national reference.

Thus, he suggested Muhammadiyah educators to always learn, be creative, understand technology, be humnle, and learn new organizations which have novel learning methods.

Furthermore, Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Regional Board of Jawa Timur Saad Ibrahim encouraged educators to assist students to foster students’ ability.

“Today’s generations should be brilliant since facilities are accessible. The COVID-19 is not a reason not to read and learn. Keep reading and learning,” affirmed Saad.