Modelling The Islamic Higher Learning Education System Through Islamic Moderation (Wasatiyyah) Understanding And Practices

The growth of Higher Learning Education System (HLES) in Southeast Asia is dynamic and exuberant in a sense that it encourage the universities to perform in a standard quality that is at par with international standards. Higher Learning Education System (HLES) is managed dynamically as to produce young capable intellectual to contribute and involve in the growth of the country. HLES overall performances are measured through its competent on various aspects of such the quality of teaching and learning, students, programs, graduates, resources, and governance. To produce a balanced guided HLES, it should embrace the moderation of Wasatiyyah as to uphold the Islamic entity and dignity mainly applied to the Islamic HLES (IHLES). Whereas IHLES should be guided on strong Islamic principles to uphold its Islamic synergy and direction, it should tie to the basis of Islamic belief and understanding that able to push to the excellent IHLES. The excellent performance should be balanced and moderate in accordance to the Islamic teaching that stated in the Quran and Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. This paper is to high light the components of a balanced and moderate in managing the IHLES from the embedment of the Islamic Moderation (Wasatiyyah) (IMW) conceptual application and its need as an essential input. The components of IMW that are the Operational Functionality (OF), Practices Effectiveness (PE), Attitudinal Paradigm (AP), Representation Personality (RP) and Cognitive nderstanding (CU); provide a comprehensive balanced and moderate IHLES in achieving the excellent as knowledge provider to the nation.