The Development Model of Modern Islamic Education
in Indonesia (Study over the Modern Islamic Boarding
School of Darussalam Gontor Ponorogo)
Muhammad Heriyudanta
1
, Lukman Hakim
2
Institut Agama Islam Negeri Ponorogo
1,2
{yudanta10@gmail.com
1
, lukmanachim19@gmail.com
2
}
Abstract. This paper intends to research and see how the development of
modern Islamic education in the modern Islamic boarding school Darussalam
Gontor, Ponorogo, East Java. In this study, it was found that the modernization
breakthroughs taken by the Darussalam Gontor modern pesantren were in two
forms. First, in terms of institutional management and management, and the
second in terms of curriculum modernization. Pesantren Gontor is managed by
donating it to the people, with the aim that the pesantren can grow in a more
advanced, more open manner, and not lack a cadre of successors. While the
curriculum has been modernized in accordance with the needs of human nature
itself at the same time according to the needs of the times. This is marked by the
provision of subject matter that teaches 100% general science and 100%
religious knowledge, special emphasis on aspects of foreign language
acquisition, and facilitates comprehensive extracurricular activities such as in
the fields of skills, sports and arts. Therefore, the modern Islamic education
development model developed by the Darussalam Gontor modern Islamic
boarding school deserves to be a pilot project in the development of Islamic
education in the contemporary era.
Keywords: Pengembangan; Pesantren; Gontor
1 Introduction
Indonesia can be said one of the countries that has extraordinary wealth. This can be seen
from the country's resources, both its natural resources and its abundant human resources.
Unfortunately, however, the abundance of natural resources and human resources in Indonesia
has not been fully utilized. The inadequacy of our natural resource management, for example,
can be seen from how Freeport company was managed. The proceeds of the Freeport gold
mine, which should had been enjoyed by the Indonesian population, had been crushed and
exploited on a large scale by a mining company from the United States. Meanwhile, we, as
land owners, have only been given 1% of such a huge yield over the years.[1]
The evidence that our human resource has not been maximized can be seen from the
position of Indonesia's human resources achievements in the global werea. Besides that, we
can also saw how our children and even adults behave. In terms of achievements in various
aspects, for example, Indonesia always occupied a middle to lower position in the
ICIS 2020, October 27-28, Ponorogo, Indonesia
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DOI 10.4108/eai.27-10-2020.2304168