PENINGKATAN MUTU LULUSAN PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DI INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI (IAIN) SURAKARTA

The quality of graduates is the estuary of the process of providing education. It is a challenge for educational institutions to continue to strive to maximize the abilities and skills of their students in producing quality graduates. A preliminary study on the Islamic religious education study program at IAIN Surakarta shows that every year the input of Islamic education students always increase in quantity. However, in terms of quality it has not fully met the expectations of the community. This problem is caused by the efforts made by educational institutions that have not fully run optimally. The purpose of this study was to determine the efforts made by the Islamic religious education study program in improving the quality of graduates of Islamic religious education at the state Islamic institute (IAIN) Surakarta. This type of research is qualitative research with data collection techniques of observation, interviews, and documentation. The subjects of this study were the head of the Islamic religious education study program, lecturers of Islamic religious education, Islamic education students, learning activities of Islamic religious education students, and the profile of the Islamic religious education study program. The selection of subjects was done by using purposive sampling technique. Data analysis was performed using the Miles and Huberman model which consisted of data collection, data simplification, data display, and conclusion drawing. The validity of the data was carried out by triangulation of the techniques and triangulation of sources. The reults of this study are 1) Efforts to improve the quality of PAI graduates are carried out through the planning process and the implementation process. The planning process includes improving the quality of graduates through academic, professional, personal and social aspects. The implementation process includes mentoring and developing student competencies through the P3KMI, worship SKL, computer SKL, billingual, training, career development program, PPL and TPA internship. 2) The results achieved through the planning process and the implementation process are graduates who are able to have scientific work, have teaching competence, have the ability to study the qur’an, have Islamic insight, are able to use technology according to development, are able to speak foreign languages, and have the ability to manage educational institutions