Search Content

Jakarta, 31 May 2022. Madrasah Aliyah (MA) students from various regions in Indonesia demonstrated their creativity and ability to build Internet of Things (IoT)-based digital solutions in the 2021 Madrasah Digital (AMD) Grand Final. They began by developing digital solutions to support indoor agriculture, reduce odor in chicken coops, transform tofu waste into electricity, and make zakat distribution easier. All of the Top 10 Winners' IoT-based solutions started with unique ideas and attempted to solve problems encountered by the community around the participants. This program was held since since last year with thousands of proposals from participants. The final round of the event was initiated by the Directorate of Curriculum, Facilities and Infrastructure, Institutional and Student Affairs (KSKK) Madrasas, Directorate General of Islamic Education, Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia and PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL) Axiata) and took place in Tangerang, Wednesday (25/5).

Director of KSKK Madrasah, Ministry of Religion, Moh. Isom Yusqi said, “I am very proud of the achievements of madrasa students today. I hope that great future inventors and technology inventors from madrasas will be born, who are able to develop prototypes of digital solutions that have been designed to be mass-produced. This grand final activity should hopefully urge madrasa students to continue to succeed. Hopefully, madrasa students' freedom and achievement will continue, ensuring their prosperity in this world and the next."

Meanwhile, XL Axiata's Chief Enterprise & SME Officer, Feby Sallyanto, warmly welcomes and fully supports the initiatives of the Ministry of Religion, especially KSKK Madrasah. It is hoped that the solution ideas from the very diverse participants can be further applied to meet the needs of the community.  

“This competition also proves that madrasa students can contribute to creating digital solutions that are beneficial to society. Seeing how great their enthusiasm is and their extraordinary participation, we hope that this event can continue to be held, of course with the participation of XL Axiata as one of the programs that supports the progress of the nation through the provision of madrasah children," added Feby. 

Previously, 20 MA teams passed and were chosen to participate in virtual intense training, which included both soft and hard skills. They are accompanied by professional coaches from the industrial world for 8 (eight) full months from early October 2021. After that, re-selection is carried out until the 10 best teams are selected to take part in the grand final round. The winners of the Digital Madrasah Academy are as follows:

• The Most Innovative category is In-Fast (MAN 1 Malang City) which can run agriculture indoors.

• The Most Applicable category is Watercare (MAN 1 Kuantan Singingi) which functions to provide warning and early detection that can monitor the condition of pH levels and water turbidity in tilapia ponds automatically.

• The Most Marketable category is Wamoon (MAS Alkhairaat Kp. Jawa Tondano Minahasa) which can monitor and control the water level automatically

• The Top Contender category has two winners.

• First, Airen Home (MAN 3 Tangerang) which functions as a smart irrigation that can monitor and control water and soil moisture in rice fields.
• Second, Grow-C (MAN 1 Kota Kediri) which can monitor in real time using the DHT22 sensor which functions to regulate the air temperature on the land.

• The Most Attractive category has five winners. 

• First, Pron.id (MAN Insan Cendekia Tanah Laut) which functions to detect soil moisture, temperature, and air through one application.
• Second, the Laying Hens System (MAN 1 Kudus) which functions to absorb odors and monitor the temperature in laying hens' cages.
• Third, El-Tofu (MAN Kota Blitar) which functions to convert tofu waste into IoT-based electricity and can measure the voltage, electric current, and power generated by the waste.
• Fourth, Berrice (MAN Insan Cendekia Gowa) which functions to facilitate zakat amil bodies or baznas in distributing zakat as well as data collection which is considered quite complicated.
• Fifth, E-Koi (MAN 2 Kudus) which has various capabilities, ranging from monitoring pool water quality, giving instructions if the pool water condition is abnormal, providing real-time data, high stability, and protection against various kinds of weather. 

This competition to create IoT solutions is part of AMD, which implementation process has started since 2021. The initial selection stage was attended by 1,200 participants who joined into hundreds of groups. Each group collects various kinds of proposals containing ideas for developing IoT solutions. In the second stage, the 100 best participants were selected which were then grouped into 20 working groups to participate in intensive online training. This training is provided by professional mentors, including support from experts from XL Axiata.

In the third stage, the twenty selected working groups were challenged to go through nine phases of IoT Solution development. Starting from incubation, market surveys, ideation, design thinking, prototyping, market validation, proof of concept, product samples, to mass production. In the fourth stage, 10 working groups were selected to enter the grand final stage which was held on Wednesday (25/5) in Jakarta.

The jury team consisted of 10 professional mentors, namely Aun Abdul Wadud as Group Head Solution Architect & Development XL Axiata, Novi Arian as Head of New Ventures & Technology XL Axiata, Budi Purwanto as APK APBN Young Expert from the Directorate General of Islamic Education, and Muhammad Firdiansyah as Policy Analyst Junior Expert of the Directorate of KSKK Madrasah, Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia.

AMD was first introduced in 2020 and is implemented in the form of digital world training for Madrasah Aliyah students across Indonesia, with a focus on IoT. This training was held intensively through online activities supported by the X-Camp team from XL Axiata. The program, now in its second year, is aimed to better equip young people from diverse madrasas in Indonesia to tackle the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era, especially in IoT, marketing, big data, communication, and entrepreneurship.