https://macropaperwarehouse.com/authors/masyhur-hilmy/Masyhur HilmyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-ushttps://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/religion-education-and-the-state/https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/religion-education-and-the-state/<p>This paper studies how Indonesia&rsquo;s Islamic education sector responded to one of the largest state-driven mass schooling expansions in history — the SD INPRES program (Sekolah Dasar Presidential Instruction) launched in 1973 — and whether that program achieved its secular nation-building objectives. The research question is three-part: Did Islamic schools enter or exit markets where the state built more primary schools? How did religious school choice shift across cohorts? And did the program advance secular identity formation among exposed individuals?</p>