Quality Development of Pesantren Education In East Java

An essential instrument in the delivery of education is quality. To maintain the quality of educational institutions' maintenance needs following user expectations, namely preparation, evaluation, and further evaluation. Besides that, the synergy of both managers, human resources, and infrastructure is needed in addition to Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) with different characteristics from other Islamic educational institutions. On another side, it is demanded to maintain the characteristics that become its legal entity. It must carry out the process of transformation following the times. This research was conducted to understand the concept of quality development in salaf and khalaf pesantren. This type of research uses field research with the paradigm of phenomenology and takes the case of two pesantren in East Java, namely Sidogiri and Nurul Jadid pesantren. Data collection techniques using in-depth interviews, participant observation, and documentation. Meanwhile, the test procedure was triangulating data, the test of credibility and licensing, dependability, confirmability, and data transferability. The results showed the concept of development carried out with the principles of Suprarational, Rational, and Transcendental, which are both about user satisfaction with the polarization of different pesantren constructs using modern management values.