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Moreover, Tadika Cemerlang results have become the model for Tadika to teach their identity,
culture, and local wisdom, including strengthening and developing language skills and higher-level
thinking, so much so that other tadika are interested in cooperating to utilize and network together.

The outcomes of the project research have benefits for the stakeholders.
1) Students now respect and appreciate more their identity, language, culture, and local wisdom,
making them happy to learn their mother tongue in the classroom and more self-confident.
2) The community researchers have new knowledge and research methodology skills for solving
their problems by themselves and networking with community members, other tadika, and government
organizations.
3) The directors and teachers of tadika have knowledge and technical methods to teach students
to develop language skills and critical thinking.
4) Community leaders, Imams, parents, and community members are aware of being the owners
of tadika and cooperate to support tadika through committees.
5) The academic researchers gained experience to work with communities and tadika and act as
facilitators who share and apply academic knowledge to solve problems.
6) OPEC is a government organization interested in monitoring and ready to support and promote
tadika.
After finishing the research project, the community researchers and the committees still need to
conduct some activities on a continuous basis for sustainability purposes. The tadika director explained,
"We have community researchers who cooperate with the Islamic school in our community, especially the
Wattana Islam school, to continually make instructional materials for teaching in secondary education and
teaching workshops for students in Mathayom 6 who become trainees in tadika. Furthermore, we have
also tried to establish a center for teaching development at tadika. These are valuable for developing
human resources and sustainability." (Nawawi K., personal communication, October 23, 2023)

Figure 13-14

The students of Wattana Islam school are producing instructional materials and teaching workshop

The "Tadika Cemerlang" has the critical success factors as follows;

1) The research project started from a desire of the communities and the tadika by themselves.
2) The communities and tadika cooperated and continuously participated in research project
activities.
3) The project's leaders are empowered and retain in strong relationships within communities
and tadika.

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