Journal of Islamic Education Research | Vol. 4 No. 02 (2023) DOI: 10.35719/jier.v4i2.310 © 2023 Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Islamic State University of Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember Merdeka Curriculum as a Form of Pancasila Student Profile in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Akhmad Afnan Fajarudin 1 * 1 Institut Agama Islam Syarifuddin Lumajang, Indonesia _________ Article History: Received: 8 April 2023 Revised: 29 April 2023 Accepted: 19 May 2023 Published: 9 June 2023 _________ Keywords: Merdeka Curriculum, Pancasila Student Profile, Madrasah Ibtidaiyah _________ *Correspondence Address: pagarnusa355@gmail.com Abstract: The term “Merdeka Curriculum” is being discussed by both educators and academics. The emergence of this curriculum is anxiety in itself because the education system in Indonesia changes when the Minister of Education changes. Presumably, the concept carried by each curriculum change also tends to be the same, namely adaptation to change. Conceptually, this article will discuss the profile of Pancasila students in strengthening character education in madrasas. The literature review approach is in the form of descriptive analysis. The data used in literature research comes from the text finding and discourse analysis. This research only uses literature sources as data without researchers coming to the field. The results showed that the concept of an independent curriculum in strengthening character education uses a project-based learning approach used in implementing P4 in madrasah. There are three stages in identifying madrasah readiness in determining project-based implementation readiness, namely initial, development, and advanced of stage. Several stages of strategies can be adapted and developed in the madrasah environment, namely strengthening school culture or creating school culture and the implementation of school student profile projects carried out in intracurricular and extracurricular activities. Abstrak: Istilah Kurikulum Merdeka sedang hangat diperbincangkan baik oleh pendidik maupun akademisi. Munculnya kurikulum ini menjadi kegelisahan tersendiri, karena sistem pendidikan di Indonesia selalu saja mengalami pergantian ketika Menteri pendidikan berganti. Agaknya konsep yang diusung setiap pergantian kurikulum pun cenderung sama yakni adaptasi perubahan. Artikel ini akan membahas tentang Profil Pancasila dalam penguatan pendidikan karakter siswa di madrasah. Pendekatan literature review berupa analisis deskriptif. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian kepustakaan berasal dari temuan teks dan analisis wacana. Penelitian ini hanya menggunakan sumber literatur sebagai data tanpa peneliti datang ke lapangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konsep kurikulum mandiri dalam penguatan pendidikan karakter menggunakan pendekatan pembelajaran berbasis proyek yang digunakan dalam implementasi P4 di madrasah. Ada tiga tahapan dalam mengidentifikasi kesiapan sekolah dalam menentukan kesiapan implementasi berbasis proyek, yaitu tahap awal, pengembangan, dan lanjutan. Beberapa tahapan strategi yang dapat diadaptasi dan dikembangkan di lingkungan madrasah yaitu penguatan budaya sekolah atau penciptaan budaya sekolah dan implementasi proyek profil siswa sekolah yang dilakukan dalam kegiatan intrakurikuler dan ekstrakurikuler.