SECRETARIAT
The address of Central Board of Indonesian Moslem Students Association is on
Jl. Menteng Raya 58 Jakarta, Indonesia 10340
Phone/Fax. 62-21-3153572
E-mail: pbpiiku@yahoo.com
Website: http://pelajar-islam.or.id
The address of Representative Board Of Indonesian Muslims Students Association is on Building 63 A Flat 6 Gate Two Swessry A 10th Distric, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Website : http://www.pii-mesir.org
Phone (0020-2) 24708427
Email : pii_cairo@yahoo.com
Website: www.pii_mesir.org
BRIEF HISTORY OF PII
Indonesian Moslem Students Association (PII) was established in the struggle city of Yogyakarta on May 4, 1947. The founding fathers were young intellectuals on the time, namely Yoesdi Ghozali, Anton Timur Djaelani, Amien Syahri, and Ibrahim Zarkasyi.
One factor motivated the establishment of PII was the dualism of education system for Moslems in Indonesia as a heritage from Netherlands colonizer, pesantren (Islamic Boarding School) and ordinary school that each of them has different education system. Pesantren has eschatological orientation mean while ordinary school has worldly orientation. Consequently, Moslem students divided into two groups and against each other. Students from pesantren (santri) claimed ordinary school as unbelief education system given by Netherlands colonizer and judged the students as unbelief students. On another position, students from ordinary schools claimed the pesantren as traditional and conservative, the santri were named conservative santri.
At the moment, there was a students organization, Ikatan Pelajar Indonesia / Indonesian Students Association (IPI). However, the organization could not accommodate santri's aspiration. Reflecting the reality, when Yoesdhi Ghozali was being i'tikaf (keep silent and pray in mosque) at a mosque in Yogyakarta on February 25, 1947 got inspiration to establish an organization that can accommodate Moslem aspiration (both from pesantren and ordinary school). The idea was shared in SMP N 2 (State Secondary School) Secodiningrat, Yogyakarta. His friends attended the meeting were Anton Timur Djaelani, Amien Syahri, and Ibrahim Zarkasyi and all audience agreed to established an organization form Moslem students.
The agreement, then presented on the Congress of Indonesian Moslem Youth Movement (Gerakan Pemuda Islam Indonesia/GPII) on March 30 - April 1, 1947. Most of the audience agreed the idea, then the congress decreed to unite Students Division of GPII into Indonesian Moslem Students Association (PII). The participants of congress also were demanded to ease the establishment of PII around Indonesia.
As a follow up of the congress decree, a meeting was conducted at GPII office on Jalan Margomulyo 8 Yogyakarta on May 4, 1947. The meeting was attended by Yoesdi Ghozali, Anton Timur Djaelani, and Amien Syahri represented Students Division of GPII, Ibrahim Zarkasyi and Yahya Ubeid represented Surakarta Moslem Students Union (PPIS), Multazam and Shawabi represented Course Union of Islamic Secondary Schools (PERKISEM) Surakarta, and Dida Gursida and Supono NA represented Indonesian Moslem Students Organization of Yogyakarta. The meeting, led by Yoesdi Ghozali decreed to established an organization named Pelajar Islam Indonesia / Indonesian Moslem Students Association (PII) at 10.00 A.M. on May 4, 1947.
In order to commemorate the moment of establishment of PII, every May 4 was celebrated as The Awakening Day of PII. It is supposed to be awakening moment from the accumulated ideas.
OBJECTIVE, MAIN TASKS, FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
The objective of PII is "the perfection of Education and Culture in accordance with Islam for all Indonesian and human being".
The main tasks of PII are conducting training, taklim (Islamic courses), and organizational courses form students in order to create Moslem, Intelligent, and Leader nation cadres.
The functions of PII are as a place to Moslem character building, success study assistance, training tools, and struggle tools for Moslem Students.
To achieve the objective, PII conducts certain activities, namely:
a. Educate members to be pious to the almighty God (Allah swt)
b. Grow intelligence, creativity, skill, interest, and talent of the members.
c. Educate the members to be independent; able to stand on his own feet without depend on others.
d. Educate mental and grow appreciation on science and culture in line with Islam for the members.
e. Educate the members to be able to manage global information and protect themselves from negative effects of the global information and culture.
f. Assist the members develop the interest and solve students problem.
g. Organize social activities for Islam and Moslem and non-Moslem.
h. Develop zeal, ability the members to master, utilize science and technology for human welfare.
i. Develop the member’s ability to learn, comprehend, appreciate, and perform Islamic spirit in the real life.
j. Create leader possessing Islamic way of life, wide global view, and Moslem personality in any field of life.
MEMBERSHIP
There are four kinds of membership in PII, namely:
a. Anggota Tunas, (Bud Member); students study at elementary schools
b. Anggota Muda, (Green Member); students study at secondary schools
c. Anggota Biasa, (Ordinary Member); students study at senior high schools and university/college
d. Anggota Luar Biasa (Extra Ordinary Member); foreigners who study in Indonesia.
e. Anggota Kehormatan (Honorary Member); meritorious persons for PII
BOARDS
Organizational board in PII consist of four level namely:
1. Pengurus Komisariat (Sub District Board) based in sub districts, schools, or other educational institution. Each Sub district Board at least has 25 members.
2. Pengurus Daerah (District Board); based in regency or pesantren and university/college. If it is possible, one regency consists of two or more district boards. Each district board has 100 members.
3. Pengurus Wilayah (Regional Board); based in province. However it is possible to establish two regional boards in one province. The territorial border is not always same as government administrative territorial. A good example is Regional Board of Great Yogyakarta that covers Yogyakarta Province, Ex-Residency of Kedu and Ex-Residency of Banyumas (both in Central Java).
4. Central Board (Pengurus Besar); a Congress mandate holder and top institution, located in Jakarta.
At the moment, PII consists of 28 regional boards and more than 200 district boards spread out in Indonesia. Besides, PII has also representative board in Malaysia, Egypt, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, Arab, Singapore, Netherland, America and Australia.
As attempt to accommodate students female aspiration and to do specific task, PII forms two autonomous body namely Brigade PII and Korps PII Wati.
Brigade PII was formed on November 6, 1947 (in physical revolution era) to take a part in keeping Indonesia independence and unity. The establishment of Brigade PII was based on the background of the situation at that moment in which PII took a part against Netherlands Military Aggression I, July 27, 1947 soon after First Congress of PII. At present, Brigade PII function as strategic body for PII to provide inputs to support the realization of the programs.
Korps PII Wati was formed on July 31, 1964, in the 10th Congress of PII in Malang, East Java. The establishment was based on the female cadres crisis in PII, therefore Korps PII Wati should conduct acceleration in educating the female cadres that in general have shorter time to active in PII than male students.
PROGRAMS PII MESIR
PII is an education, culture and Islamic Propagation movement. Consequently PII has always concern on problems related to the three fields. It concern is different time to time, period to period. External situations influence PII's responses toward the fields.
Some Policy as program operational basis in the period of 2008-2010 is:
1. Forming PII's cadre based on the Muslim cadres profile, scholars, leaders in character and capacity in accordance with the identity of PII (Movement Philosophy) by implementing the concept of ta'dib comprehensively.
2. Building a system of organization with an established institutional structures and mechanisms to consistently perform a healthy organizational culture.
3. Building internal solidity of organization
4. Play an active-positive role contribute to the problems of ummah, especially student's issues both national and international to always build the critical tradition to proactively respond to all kind of civilization on the same network. Advancing the partnerships extensively with the institutions of national and international mission in field of education, culture and dakwah.
5. Establishing an image over all Indonesian organizations in Egypt
The programs of PII are covered in certain activities, namely:
a. Coaching and courses for students; leadership training (basic, intermediate, and advanced), Training for Trainers, Students Work Camp, Series of Courses (Management Courses, Female Courses, Polling, Public Relations, etc). Besides that, PII has also taklim (regular Islamic studies) to educate members and students to have wide Islam view and practice Islamic spirit in the real life. Training, Courses, and Taklim are conducted regularly, massively, and open. Training and Courses are conducted on vacation time of study, mean while taklim is conducted based on the agreement among the members and performed once a week.
b. PII is also requested by some schools to be facilitators for training they run. All trainings, courses, and taklim in PII are performed by using participatory and dynamic groups.
c. Critical Discourse Analysis; the aim is to shape cadres who can meet the challenges of Science, technology and Social Politics
d. Foreign-language Weekly Discussion (Arabic and English); the aim is to Develope skills in Arabic and English Languages
e. English Debate Contest; a debate program among students in English. The aim is to improve the Student's ability in foreign language
Besides described above, the policy of PII is also described in the institutional board in some divisions, namely Cadre, Nurturing and Development of Organization, Communication, Propagation and Students Empowerment, and Intellectual Development. These divisions perform specific approach (based on the character and orientation of the divisions) organize any activities.
Representative Board Of Indonesian Muslims Students Association
in the period of 2008-2010
Chairman : Andy Hariyono
Deputy Chairman for Cadre : Mu’tashim El-Mandiri, Lc
Deputy Chairman for Organization Nurturing and Development : Roisudin
Deputy Chairman for Communication : Heru Santoso
Deputy Chairman for PII-Wati : Hamidah Citra Apriliya
Secretary General : Agus Solehudin
Vice I Secretary General : Hidayatun Nisa
General Treasurer : Adi Abdillah Muslim
Vice I Treasurer : Indra Ardian Univa
Departments
Departement Training : Solihin Ma’ruf
Departement Courses : Ahmad Muhammad
Departement Ta’lim : Zamzami Saleh
Department of Research and Library : Siti Majidah, Lc
Rahmadin
Department of Media and Information : Heru Purnama Hasido
Hanifah Jamil
Bureau
Bureau of Secretariat : Solihin Ma’ruf
Special Agency
Foreign Language Development Agency : Irfan Prima Putra
Work Experience with Funding
1. 2003-2010 Leadership Training for Indonesian Student in Egypt, from 2003 until now
2. 2003. Stadium General, Communication. In Cooperation With Cimas- ICMI
3. 2004 Quick training for Islamic knowledge (Pesantren Kilat) at Indonesian school in Cairo (SIC)
4. 2007 English Debate Contest for Indonesian student in Egypt
5. 2008 Collecting 1000 signaturs Supporting the Bills on Pornography
6. 2008 Supporting "Juctice For Khojaly" Campaign
7. 2009 English Debate Contest for International students in Egypt. In Cooperation with ICMI orsat Cairo and PPMI
8. 2009 A Social action to support KPK (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi). In cooperation with Pwk. PP. Persis, PCI. NU, Forum Syariah wal Qanun, Rumah Budaya Akar, Komunitas Arus Kampus, Terobosan Bulletin and Informatika Bulletin.
