PROBLEMATIKA PENDIDIKAN MADRASAH DI ERA PANDEMI COVID-19 MADRASAH EDUCATION PROBLEMS IN THE ERA COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has become a problem in the process of providing education in Indonesia, including education in madrasas. 2020 is a dark year for educational institutions. Where the implementation of education which was originally offline turned into online. This changes the educational order which initially runs normally to become abnormal. Of course, this becomes a problem in the learning process in Madrasas. Even the Ministry of Religion together with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology released a Guide to Early Childhood Education, Basic Education and Secondary Education in the Pandemic Period. In addition, the Ministry of Education, Nadiem Makarim, changed the distance learning system to focus on three components, namely numeracy, literacy and character education. This study aims to determine the problems of madrasa education in the Covid-19 pandemic era. This type of research uses descriptive research with qualitative methods. The data obtained were based on interviews with the head of madrasah and teachers in Hulu Sungai Utara Regency. Data collection techniques were carried out by observation, interviews and documentation. The results showed that the main problems of education in Madrasahs were (1) Internet network, internet data package costs and the limited number of smartphones. (2) Less effective learning takes place. (3) Learning is one-way (Teacher Center). (4) The difficulty of implementing character education based on moral education when learning online. Educational problems in Madrasahs are inequality in terms of infrastructure readiness and IT networks.