Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo (UMSIDA) hosted the 2022 Muhammadiyah Education (ME) Awards on Saturday (08/10). Located in KH Ahmad Dahlan Auditorium, it raised the theme ‘The Rise of Muhammadiyah Future Leader’. Various competitions have been honored, including tahfidzul qur’an (memorizing the Quran), Arabic speech, English speech, storytelling, qiro’ah (reciting Quran), business plan, outstanding teacher, outstanding education personnel, school magazine, and learning material innovation.

The Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Council for Primary and Secondary Education (Dikdasmen) of East Java, Dr. Arbaiyah Yusuf MA appreciated the UMSIDA Rector for facilitating the ME Awards. “ME Awards illustrate the core value of Muhammadiyah, especially pioneering education. Two other values include sincerity and Islamic brotherhood (ukhuwah islamiyah). We gladly welcome the 48th National Congress (Muktamar),” he said.

The participants who followed the awarding nights were the finalists who passed elimination rounds from 11 different competitions. Each school has undergone intensive assessments from 2017 to 2022. Three categories became the assessment points, including the outstanding school, the excellent school, and the inspiring school.

On this occasion, Dr. Hidayatulloh MSi, UMSIDA Rector responded positively to the ME Awards in UMSIDA. He was proud of various achievements from Muhammadiyah’s young generation, therefore, he would provide scholarships for the first-place champions. “And as I mentioned to Dikdasmen PWM East Java, UMSIDA is ready to provide scholarships (for the champions). It is specifically for the first place in the Senior High School category in every competition as our appreciation to outstanding students from Muhammadiyah in East Java,” he said.