PESANTREN DALAM PRESPEKTIF GEN-Z

Pesantren is the oldest education system in Indonesia. Along with the development of the times, it is appropriate for Islamic boarding schools to also transform in order to answer the increasing needs of society. Currently, the students in pesantren are Generation Z, where there are a number of studies that identify that Gen Z is a generation that is closely related to technology (digital native). Therefore, the author wishes to find out how generation Z interprets boarding school. The author conducted a non-hypothesized descriptive research with a qualitative approach method. The author uses a questionnaire to determine respondents, namely generation Z female students who are now in high school. As for the data collection instrument, the author uses an open questionnaire. The results of this study show that there are 28 variations of answers from 136 respondents. 42.6% stated that the boarding school was good then 30.2% stated that the boarding school was a place to pursue knowledge, the rest were other answers related to character building and self-development. According to the author, their perception of the boarding school is a sincere hope, which can be a concern for all of us.