Eksistensi Pendidikan Pesantren dalam Arus Perubahan

Abstract

Rapid change requires the ability of boarding school (pesantren) to respond quickly, precisely, and adaptively. This paper talks about the existence of boarding school education in dealing with the current change. This research is focused on the existence of which is done by al-Syafi’i in the current changes. The method used in this research is a case study in boarding school, namely al-Syafi’i Boarding School in maintaining its existence as an Islamic boarding school institution.This study uses a theory presented by Talcott Parsons, which states that when the social organization systems want to maintain their existence, they must have four things called AGIL: Adaptation, Goal attainment, Integration, and Latency. This study concludes that the exsistence of the boarding school education in the current change is as follows; First, the adaptation carried out by the al-Syafi’i boarding school was to find out the current needs of the community. Second, personality development aims to prepare students and the community to have religious knowledge and general science in order to become human beings that is capable of practicing their knowledge. Third, the integration of public school and boarding school systems to produce a generation that is reliable in their fields. Fourth, the pattern applied by the al-Syafi’i boardingschool is to establish communication with all components, i.e. the community, parents of students and the government, to build and provide schools. In addition, social investment is an activity of the al-Syafi’i boarding school which aims to create a generation that is independent and useful in future social life.