Multi Sistem Pendidikan Pesantren dan Tantangan Masa Depan

Abstract

Pesantren or Pondok Pesantren are Islamic boarding school. According to one
popular tradition. As social institutions, pesantren have played a major role over
the centuries. They emphasise cores values of sincerity, simplicity, individual
autonomy, solidarity and self-control. Young men and women are separated from
their familier, which contributes to a sense of individual commitment to the faith
and close bonding to a teacher. Pesantren aim to deepen knowledge of Qur’an,
particularly thruugh the study of Arabic, traditions of exegesis, the Sayings of the
Prophet, law and logic. The term pesantren derives from the root word santri or
student – pe-santri- or the place of the santri. Pesantren provides to Indonesian
citizens at low cost; although today some modern pesantren charge higher fees
than previously, they are still significantly cheaper than non-pesantren
educational instittutions. The tradisional pattern was for students to work in the
headmaster’s rice fields in exchange for food, shelter, and education. All
pesantren are led by a group of teachers and religious leaders known Kyai. The
Kyai is respected as teacher and devout man. Kyai also play important roles in in
the community as a religious leader and in recent years as a political figure.
There are Kyai families that have a long history of serving in this role. Some
contemporary Kyai are the grandsons and great-grandsons of famous historial
figures who established well known pesantren