Early Development of Muhammadiyah Education in Sorong, West Papua

The Most of early developments of Muhammadiyah education in Indonesia only narrated perspectives that were always represented by several regions. In fact, Muhammadiyah education has developed in various territory and has different characteristics. Many facts are ignored and not recorded in a historical social context which certainly has a national dimension. Likewise, the Muhammadiyah movement in Sorong, West Papua has not been much revealed. This research uses historical methods, including heuristics, source criticism, interpretation, and historiography. Data collection methods used are interviews, observation, archives and literature. Data is sorted, processed and the results are presented in the form of historiography. The results of the study showed that the early development of Muhammadiyah education was passed through a persistent effort (through consistency of recitation) from the characters. These developments include charity education efforts. This is evident from the various existing charity education efforts such as schools from kindergarten to college. The conclusion is that Muhammadiyah Sorong can develop itself and advance its society, through education making Sorong as a center of excellence for the education of Muhammadiyah throughout Papua.