The New Face of Boarding School Education

Abstract

As Islamic educational institutions, pesantren are still claimed to be underdeveloped educational institutions, often even "crowned" only for the benefit of those who are unable or poor, producing people who are exclusive, fanatical, and even at a very sad behavior, namely "terrorism." considered to originate from Islamic educational institutions, because in fact several Islamic educational institutions were "considered" as the origin of the group. Even though this "assumption" is wrong and can be rejected, because there are no Islamic educational institutions that aim to produce or print groups of people like that. Based on the results of the study, it was found that there are three faces of education in Islamic boarding schools. First, Islamic boarding schools that organize formal education through Islamic boarding schools, such as elementary, junior high, high school/vocational school, and PTU. Second, Islamic boarding schools that organize formal education through Islamic boarding schools such as MI, MTs, MA/MAK, and PTAI. Third, Islamic boarding schools that organize formal education in the SPM/PDF and Ma'had Aly pathways. In addition, Islamic boarding schools also organize non-formal and informal education. The accusation that religious education in Islamic boarding schools is experiencing setbacks and is not in accordance with the times is also not true because Islamic boarding schools have the principle of al-muhafadhotu 'ala qodimis sholih wal akhdzu biljadidil ashlah, namely maintaining the old which is good and taking the new which is better.

Development of Islamic boarding school curriculum through equalization policies

“…Mu'adalah the right of Islamic educational institutions that can be submitted by the education pattern in a tiered and structured manner that can be equivalent to the primary and secondary education levels located in scope of the Ministry of Religious Affairs" (Supriyadi & Sholeha, 2023). Through this Minister of Religious Affairs Regulation, the position of mu'adalah education is getting stronger and a new face that previously did not have a name now has the status of the Mu'adalah Education Unit which is abbreviated as SPM.…”