Hence, one of the efforts that can be done to overcome this problems is to empower the surau and madrasah Minangkabau West Sumatra Indonesia. Menurut Hadi (1984) penelitian sebagai usaha untuk menemukan, mengembangkan, dan menguji kebenaran suatu pengetahuan. Thirdly, media and learning resources infrastructure, facilities and instructional media. Pengertian Penelitian dan Metodologi Penelitian Penelitian merupakan suatu kegiatan untuk mencari, mencatat, merumuskan, dan menganalisis data sampai menyusun laporannya (Narbuko & Achmadi, 2004). Secondly, the curriculum instructional planning, implementation of learning, evaluation of learning, teachers/educators and students. There are, firstly, management and organization identity, vision and mission, as well as management. The results also showed that the profile of surau and madrasah in Minangkabau of West Sumatra Indonesia which has been converted to under the minimum service that have been established by government regulations. The results showed surau and madrasah in Minangkabau of West Sumatra, Indonesia is considered as a part or a form of non-formal Islamic education institutions. The qualitative data was analyzed by data reduction, data display, and conclusion. Quantitative data obtained will be analyzed with descriptive statistics. Interview guide and questionnaire were used as the instrument of the research.

Participant of the research was stakeholders 10 peoples, principals/managers 53 peoples and religious social activists 235 peoples.

The study was conducted in four N agari Tanjung Alai and Sumani (Solok), Gadut (Agam) and Lubuk Jantan (Tanah Datar). Because of the transition of this function, it is necessary to study on the existing condition of surau and madrasah in Minangkabau of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Currently, surau is a place that is used to study the Islam particularly a l-Quran recitation and some other religious subjects. Formerly, surau serves not only as the center of Minangkabau culture and its community activities, but also as education Islamic institution and Islam sufi education.

The research was aimed at describing the existing condition of surau and madrasah in Minangkabau West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Buku Metodologi Penelitian.