Pendidikan dari Balai di Kampong Ayer ke Sekolah Moden di Darat, 1906 – 1941: Kajian Sejarah Pendidikan di Negara Brunei Darussalam

Haji Abu Bakar, Haji Tassim bin

SUSURGALUR
Vol 1, No 2 (2013)

IKHTISAR: Kampong Ayer telah menjadi pusat penyebaran agama Islam yang berkembang pesat kerana terdapat ramai pendakwah Islam yang menyampaikan pelajaran agama Islam kepada penduduk di persekitarannya. Sistem pembelajaran di balai-balai di Kampong Ayer begitu popular sebelum tahun 1906, kerana menteri-menteri agama mempunyai balai masing-masing di rumah mereka. Kegiatan pembelajaran agama berterusan sehingga awal abad ke-20 dengan munculnya beberapa tokoh ulama di beberapa buah kampung di Kampong Ayer sehingga bangunan sekolah kekal dibangunkan ke kawasan daratan. Peralihan pembelajaran ilmu agama Islam dari balai di rumah-rumah di Kampong Ayer ke bangunan kekal di kawasan darat telah memberikan ruang dan peluang kepada penduduk Brunei untuk mengetahui ilmu membaca dan menulis berserta dengan kegiatan dan kemahiran-kemahiran yang bermanfaat. Akhirnya, pendidikan formal di Brunei telah diperkenalkan dalam sistem pendidikan Brunei menjadi empat aliran, iaitu aliran agama Islam, aliran Melayu, aliran Inggeris, dan aliran Cina.KATA KUNCI: Kampong Ayer, penyebaran agama Islam, pembelajaran di balai, sekolah di daratan, dan sistem pendidikan Brunei moden.ABSTRACT: This paper entitled “Education from the Home Station in Kampong Ayer (Water Village) to Modern School in the Land, 1906 - 1941: Study on History Education in Brunei Darussalam”. Kampong Ayer, has become the center spread of Islam, is growing rapidly because there are many Islamic preachers who deliver education to the people of Islam in the region. Learning systems at home stations in Kampong Ayer so popular before 1906, due to the ministers of religion have their stations in their homes. Religious learning activities continued until the early 20th century with the advent of number religious scholars in several villages in Kampong Ayer so that school building is remain to develop in the land. Transition of Islamic learning from the home stations in Kampong Ayer to permanent school buildings on the land has given the space and opportunity to the people of Brunei to know the science of reading and writing along with activities and skills that are beneficial. Finally, formal education in Brunei has been introduced in the education system of Brunei into four schools’ stream, namely Islamic, the Malay, English, and Chinese schools’ stream.KEY WORD: Kampong Ayer, the spread of Islam, learning at home stations, a school on the mainland, and Brunei modern education system.About the Author: Dr. Haji Tassim bin Haji Abu Bakar ialah Pensyarah dan Penyelidik di Akademi Pengajian Brunei UBD (Universiti Brunei Darussalam), Jalan Tunku Link, Bandar Seri Begawan, Negara Brunei Darussalam. Alamat emel: [e-mail] to cite this article? Haji Abu Bakar, Haji Tassim bin. (2013). “Pendidikan dari Balai di Kampong Ayer ke Sekolah Moden di Darat, 1906 – 1941: Kajian Sejarah Pendidikan di Negara Brunei Darussalam” in SUSURGALUR: Jurnal Kajian Sejarah & Pendidikan Sejarah, Vol.1(2), September, pp.113-124. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press and UBD Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, ISSN 2302-5808. Chronicle of the article: Accepted (July 17, 2013); Revised (August 17, 2013); and Published (September 30, 2013).