THE ADAPTABILITY OF PESANTREN IN INDONESIA DURING THE NEW NORMAL ERA

This article discusses strategic issues of pesantren management during the Covid-19 pandemic-based "adaptation to new habit” era in Indonesia. The research is carried out to a total of fifteen pesantren in West Borneo, Yogyakarta, East Java, and West Java. Sociocultural perspectives of pesantren during this period also has influenced the emergence of adaptive protocols toward public interest (mas}lah}ah). Therefore, each pesantren has authentic regulations in dealing with the disasterous situation (sadd al-dharā‘i`). The results classify the adaptive responses of pesantren during the pandemic into three categories from the upper, middle, and lower tier management. Aside from misfortunes for humanity during the disaster, academics of pesantren suggest that they obtain several cocktails of wishful thinking from this phenomenon, i.e. inspiring ideas to maintain their faith and piety (hifz} aldī>n) while developing enthusiasm for studying science and religion (hifz} al-‘aql). To summarize, all observed pesantren have attempted to balance physical (bat}īni>yah) and emotional (ża>hīri>yah) neccesities in overcoming the pandemic situation. © 2022, State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel. All rights reserved.

The new identity of Indonesian Islamic boarding schools in the "new normal": the education leadership response to COVID-19.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the leadership practices of Indonesian Islamic boarding school (pesantren) leaders, school principals, and teachers in responding to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, to ensure the continuation of boarding school education in the "new normal" period. Generated using a moderated focus group discussion with principals and teachers, the findings suggest that principals' and teachers' leadership practices are acceptable in the policy, social support, and financial dimensions but still lack structural and teaching aspects about conducting blended learning. Based on this study's findings, pesantren leaders (kyai) and school principals should pay attention to training programs for implementing blended learning for teachers. The government is encouraged to assist in providing technical facilities pesantren can implement blended learning more effectively.