Islamic Boarding School: Character Building Educational Institutions

Abstract

In Indonesia, the first Islamic educational institutions were Boarding Schools (Pondok Pesantren). Early boarding schools are thought to have existed between 300 and 400 years ago and are present at practically every level of the Indonesian Muslim society, particularly in Java. A distinctive educational facility is Pesantren. not simply due to the institution's lengthy history, but also due to the culture, practices, and networks it has adopted. Pesantren education grew more organised and the curricula improved after Indonesia earned its independence, particularly since the change to the New Order and when economic growth really picked up. For instance, adopting a dual curriculum that combines the mone and the kemenag curricula, pesantrens offer broad courses in addition to the religious curriculum. Pesantren, as an educational institution, places a high priority on tafaqquh fi al-din and the development of the nation's distinctive akhlakul karimah. In Law Sisidiknas Article 30 Paragraph 4 it is stated that religious education may take the shape of education diniyah, residential school, and other comparable forms.

The existence of pesantren is an ideal partner for government institutions to jointly improve the quality of education and the foundation of the nation's character. This can be found from various phenomena that occur such as brawl between schools and widespread distributors and users of drugs among young people rarely found they are boarding children or graduates from boarding schools. Therefore pentren as the basis for the implementation of social transformation through education to provide qualified human resources and morals karimah.