Faktor-faktor yang melatarbelakangi orang tua memilih sekolah umum berbasis Pondok Pesantren: Studi kasus di SMP Ar-Rohmah Pesantren Hidayatullah Malang

ABSTRAK

SMP Ar-Rohmah merupakan lembaga pendidikan Islam hasil transformasi institusipesantren Hidayatullah Malang dan sejak tahun 2003, SMP ini mulai diminati masyarakat luas. Meningkatnya jumlah peminat SMP Ar-Rohmah munjukkan antusias masyarakat sangat tinggi, mengapa demikian?. Padahal secara financial baiay pendidikan di SMP Ar-Rohmah cukup besar dan tidak sedikit pula lembaga-lembaga pendidikan Islam lainnya juga menyelenggarakan pembelajaran yang sama seperti SMP Ar-Rohmah. Realita ini menunjukkan bahwa para orang tua santri memiliki pertimbangan, pendangan sendiri terhadap pembelajaran SMP Ar-Rohmah.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh pengetahuan tentang: (1) alasan-alasan ornag tua memilih SMP Ar-Rohmah Pesantren Hidayatullah Malang; (2) Performa SMP Ar-Rohmah Pesantren Hidayatullah Malang.

Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ditentukan berdasar pada purposive sampling dan snowball sampling. Subjek penelitian ini terdiri dari: orang tua santri, Wakabid Humas dan Kesekretariatan, Kepala SMP Ar-Rohmah, Waka Kurikulum, guru, dan orang-orang yang terlibat dalam konteks penelitian ini. Kegiatan pengumpulan data menggunakan metode observasi partisipan, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Analisis data dengan menggunakan pola interactive analyzis yang di dalamnya melibatkan kegiatan sajian data, reduksi data, verifikasi, penarikan simpulan yang berupa temuan penelitian. Untuk menjaga kesahihan data maka dilakukan pemeriksaan data dengan teknik: kredibilitas, dependabilitas, konfirmabilitas, sidkusi teman sejawat.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) alas an-alasan orang tua memilih SMP Ar-Rohmah mencakup: alas an teologi yang didasarkan pada persamaan paham dan mengaspirasikan pemenuhan kebutuhan yang bersifat teologi (harapan agar putra mereka menjadi insan kamil); aslasan fisiologi yang didasarkan pada lingkungan pendidikan, fasilitas pendidikan dan gedung kampus SMP Ar-Rohmah cukup menarik perhatian dan minat para orang tua; alasan akademik yang didasarkan pada performa SMP Ar-Rohmah yang dikelola secara profersional terbukti dengan banyaknya prestasi yang sudah diraih mulai tingkat local hingga nasional. (2) Performa SMP Ar-Rohmah yang mencakup standar kurikulum, standar SDM dan fasilitas pendidikan dapat dikatakan telah memenuhi kebutuhan pendidikan yang ada salah satu bukti dengan akreditasi A yang disandangnya

ABSTRACT

Junior High School Ar-Rohmah is an Islamic education institution as the result of Islamic boarding house institution Hidayatullah, Malang and since 2003, this school started attracting people broadly. The increase of devotees to the school indicates the significant enthusiasm of society and why so? Whereas, the school fee in Junior High School Ar-Rohmah is high enough there are some other Islamic education institution holding the same learning system as this school. This fact shows that the students’ parents have self-consideration and view toward the learning system in Junior High School Ar-Rohmah.

This research has goal to gain knowledge about: (1) parents’ consideration in choosing Junior High School Ar-Rohmah, Islamic boarding house Hidayatullah Malang; (2) performance of Junior High School Ar-Rohmah, Islamic Boarding House Hidayatullah Malang.

This research uses qualitative approach. The research subject is determined on purposive sampling and snowball sampling. The research subjects consists of: Student’s parents, Vice Head of Public Relation and Secretarial Principle of Junior High School Ar-Rohmah; Vice Head of Curriculum; teachers; the people are involved in this research context. In collecting data, the research uses participated observation method, in depth interview, and documentation. Data analysis in this research uses analysis interactive pattern which involves data supply, data reduction, verification, drawing conclusion in term of research finding. To get the validity of the data, there will be investigation by using technique: credibility, dependability, conformability and discussion among colleagues.

The result of this research shows that: (1) parents’ reason to choose Junior High School Ar-Rohmah include: theology’s reason is based on the concept similarity and aspirating accomplishment of theology nee (a hope that their children become perfect ones); the physiology reason based on education environment, education facility, and school building of Junior High School Ar- Rohmah is quite attracting the parents’ interest: academic reason based on the performance of Junior High School Ar-Rohmah managed professionally is proved by a lot of achievement gained from the local up to the national circumstances; (2) performance of Junior High School Ar-Rohmah includes curriculum standard, human power resources standard and education facility are considered to have met the existed education need by an “A” accreditation as a proof.