Enhancing registration systems: Implementing database systems in digital boarding schools

Abstract

Islamic boarding schools, known as pondok pesantren are specialized schools for Islamic education in Indonesia. With the community's increasing interest in religious education, some pesantren have begun to offer online learning opportunities. Pondok Pesantren Bayt Tamyiz is a Islamic boarding school that has started developing online pesantren education under the name Tamyiz Digittren. This program aims to enhance understanding and translation of the Qur'an using the Tamyiz method. The pondok pesantren requires significant changes in its administrative systems, including the registration process. Information system development is often challenging for the pesantren staffs and software developers. One of the fundamental difficulties lies in the user requirement process. Typically, pesantren need help to provide the information system they need. Such difficulties hinder the development process as developers must conduct numerous experiments. This research aims to design and implement a suitable database for the new student registration system with minimal information and limited time development. The research follows a database development method divided into three stages: Requirement Collection and Analysis, Conceptual Database Design, and Logical Database Design. Database development utilizes MySQL as the Database Management System (DBMS) and PHP as the programming language. This research results in a database design capable of storing and managing student data, payments, and other registration information. We expect the results of this database development to be effective in supporting the registration system and in the future development of information systems at Pondok Pesantren Bayt Tamyiz.