Strengthening Disciplined Character Education in Modern Islamic Boarding School Assalaam Surakarta During The Covid-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Modern Islamic Islamic Boarding School Assalaam Surakarta continued to carry out face-to-face learning and pesantren activities. Assalaam Islamic Boarding School remains active in fostering discipline character strengthening through various kinds of activities. This study describes the implementation, obstacles, and efforts to strengthen discipline character education in boarding school-based lower secondary schools at the Assalaam Islamic Modern Islamic Boarding School Surakarta during the covid-19 Pandemic. This type of research is phenomenological research with a descriptive qualitative approach. The collection technique used is by interview, observation, and documentation. Data analysis was carried out by compiling and preparing the data, reading the entire data, coding the data, applying the coding process to describe settings and themes, connecting each theme/description, and interpreting the theme/description. The results showed that character strengthening was carried out with strategies and policies, namely making rules or basic rules for students specifically for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Barriers come from factors of santri, mursyid, parents, and the background or environment around students. To overcome these obstacles, PPMI Assalaam formed a task force and abolished visiting hours for the guardians of students