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One of the current issue in global education has changed to the paradigm of local wisdom<br />concept. This trend was caused by the failure of “modern” concept of education which is not<br />able to humanize the human. For several years educators have conducted teaching and<br />learning process in formal schools but some of them still failed in educating their students.<br />The failure of modern concept of education has made many researchers to do research in<br />local wisdom concept because this concept was considered as an alternative to answer the<br />question. Years ago Minangkabau people were educated in surau as an informal school.<br />Many great persons have been produced in surau. The concept of education in surau is very<br />interesting because learners are educated in three main subjects namely religion, culture and<br />the knowledge of social life aspects. These subjects become a basic knowledge for learners<br />so that they are beeing well-prepared in facing this life. This article tries to propose the<br />concept and how to apply the concept of surau in modern life. The concept will be applied in<br />a model of long distance learning of surau. Informational technology will have significant<br />role to apply this concept where all learners can learn as if they were in surau. Long<br />distance learning has helped many people in learning. It has no reason for modern people<br />not to learn in surau because surau has been created in their home.