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Purpose of the study: This study tried to examine the correlation between social capital and the poverty level of farmers in Aceh. It was linked to the uneven agricultural development of some rural areas in Aceh had caused the poverty rates in villages are higher than in the urban areas. Hence the social capital is important as other capitals in development and become the energies for the development and decreases the rate of poverty. Methodology: This research used a quantitative method by distributing the questionnaire to 300 respondents in Aceh Tamiang, Pidie Jaya and Aceh Tengah, Indonesia. The data analyzed by using the Spearman correlation with the assistance of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences to determining the relationship between two variables; social capital and poverty in farmers. Main Findings: This study found that there is a positive and significant correlation between social capital and the level of poverty. Famers who have a higher stock of social capital are found to be lower in the poverty rate. Applications of this study: The finding of this study is useful for the government of the Aceh government to explore and strengthen farmers' social capital to empowering their economies. It would be relevant to decreasing the poverty rate according to farmers in Aceh. Novelty/Originality of this study: The case of poverty in Aceh was widely explained by the numbers of the researcher. But there is no recent publication that has explained the relationship between poverty and social capital in Aceh. Therefore a strong level of social capital will be able to significantly reduce poverty in Aceh.

Some Islamic Boarding Schools (Pesantren) have integrated school education into its education system to generate excellent Muslims in science and technology. However, in practice, pesantren usually consider the school education as the second. Due to that, the santris are less motivated to learn science and technology, then results in them being unqualified. Responding to this problem, the government of Indonesia has made a policy to implement school education in pesantren, known as the pesantren-based junior high schools program (SMP-BP). This study examines the strategy of pesantren in managing junior high schools and explains the approach to adopting the SMP-BP. Our exploration utilizes a qualitative research design with a survey approach. Data were collected and analyzed using an analytical approach. The results showed that the SMP-BP program was carried out through problem analysis and strategic management. Problem analysis comprises human resources problems (santris and teachers) and evaluation methods. Furthermore, strategic management consists of: (1) curriculum development and integrated learning, (2) governance policy, (3) human recourses, (4) infrastructure and facilities, (5) finance, and (6) educational output. Our finding confirms that pesantren has changed its system to implement the SMP-BP program without any conflicts. This study can assist educational practitioners in their efforts to improve the quality of Islamic education in science and technology.

Peace education is crucially needed in formal schools throughout Aceh to build peace culture among young generations, but Aceh government has not supported the peace education by a policy to establish peace education standard at secondary school. This study aims to examine the peace education has been tough at a secondary school in East Aceh. The research used a qualitative approach, which data was collected by depth interview and study of the document. The results show that peace education has been implemented in different ways at senior high schools in East Aceh. Some schools have tough it in a particular way, separated from the other subjects, and some schools others have tough it incorporative.

historical perspective and its relation to peacebuilding. This study used a qualitative method with a literature study model. The data in this study were sourced from various documents and literature that were relevant to the study. The results showed that the autonomy and privileges of Aceh were the fruit of the resistance carried out by the Acehnese people against the Indonesian government. Hence, these privileges changed from time to time according to the level of resistance and political negotiations that took place. However, the autonomy and privileges that had been achieved and formalized in Aceh's socio-political context were unable to have a maximum positive impact on the peacebuilding that leads the Aceh people gaining sustainable wellbeing.AbstrakKajian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan tentang otonomi dan keistimewaan Aceh dalam perspektif sosio historis dan kaitannya dengan pembangunan perdamaian. Kajian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan model studi kepustakaan. Data dalam kajian ini bersumber dari berbagai dokumen maupun literatur yang relevan dengan kajian yang dilakukan. Kajian ini menunjukkan bahwa otonomi dan keistimewaan Aceh merupakan buah dari perlawanan yang dilakukan oleh rakyat Aceh terhadap Pemerintah Indonesia,  sehingga keistimewaan tersebut mengalami perubahan dari masa ke masa sesuai dengan tingkat perlawanan dan negosiasi politik yang terjadi. Namun, otonomi dan keistimewaan yang berhasil diraih dan diformalisasikan dalam kehidupan sosial politik Aceh belum mampu memberikan dampak positif secara maksimal bagi pembangunan perdamaian yang mensejahteraan Masyarakat Aceh secara berkelanjutan