Mosque Management as Islamic Religious Education Laboratory (Research Study at SMPN 17 Bandung)

The function and role of the mosque which was carried out by the Prophet Muhammad when he first founded the mosque, that is, apart from being a place of worship, it is also a place of education. Based on the researcher's observations from the preliminary study conducted, the mosque at SMPN 17 Bandung is highly optimized and used as a laboratory for Islamic religious education in the midst of other junior high schools that already have a special laboratory for Islamic religious education. The problem is, how is the effectiveness of the management of the mosque as a laboratory for Islamic religious education at SMPN 17 Bandung, which encourages the author to conduct research on this matter. This study aims to (1) describe the profile of the mosque, (2) describe the effectiveness of planning, organizational effectiveness, implementation effectiveness, and effectiveness of supervision of mosque management as a laboratory for Islamic religious education. This research starts from the idea that achievement in managing mosques as Islamic Education laboratories can be measured through 4 aspects, namely planning, organizing, implementing and monitoring which will be used as a measure of the effectiveness of mosque management. This research uses a qualitative approach, the research method is descriptive, with the type of research being field research. Which is located at SMPN 17 Bandung. Data collection techniques using observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. The result of the research is that the effectiveness of mosque management as an Islamic religious education laboratory can be said to be quite effective with the running of each planned program, although there are still some that are less than optimal in technical implementation, such as in organizing in terms of the person in charge still lacking human resources but does not hinder the activities. In terms of implementing the activities, everything went well, only because of the large number of students, the activities carried out in the mosque were only certain programs, and the researchers focused on activities that went well in the mosque. For supervision, teachers and related parties in the ongoing activities take attendance before starting and directly monitor the course of activities by paying attention to students who do not participate in activities