{"id":17794,"date":"2025-08-09T13:09:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=17794"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:09:38","slug":"pondok-teachers-must-master-ai-pm-anwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=17794","title":{"rendered":"Pondok Teachers Must Master AI \u2013 PM Anwar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MACHANG, Aug 9 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged pondok <\/em>school teachers in the country to master information technology and AI to meet the challenges of the digital era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said failure to grasp the latest technologies could cause the traditional religious institution to be overwhelmed by \u201ca new wave of attacks\u201d of the mind that have replaced past forms of colonisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we do not master it, others will, and our children will adopt AI based on the frameworks of the United States or France. So, how do we change the approach to this AI framework? It is by ensuring our children have resilience, an understanding of Islam, intelligence and wisdom in knowing what they want to achieve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He made this statement while delivering a speech at the opening of the MADANI Ijtimak (Assembly) of Kelantan Islamic Scholars and Pondok Teachers 2025 at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Machang campus, here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also present were Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na\u2019im Mokhtar, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir, and Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anwar also said it was time to rebuild the pondok<\/em> institution as a stronghold of Islamic history to counter secular influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast month, I called in officials from the Finance Ministry to find a way to rebuild pondok<\/em> (schools) as strongholds. Only then will MADANI be realised in its true sense,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, Anwar presented a contribution totalling RM1.03 million to representatives of pondok<\/em> schools attending the National Umara\u2019-Ulama Pondok Dialogue (UMRAN) 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, Anwar was quoted as saying that the government would restore and elevate the country\u2019s pondok<\/em> institution so that it can remain a bulwark for safeguarding the faith, morals, and character of the Muslim ummah in line with current needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stated that this initiative involves collaboration between the Finance Ministry and the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) to ensure that religious and pondok<\/em> schools can be upgraded with new facilities and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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