**1. Introduction**

Modernization that is sweeping the world today brings various influences in various fields of human life. Modernization is both a challenge and an opportunity in the field of education. Educational institutions that can renovate themselves and adapt to the current demands of modernization will be able to survive and develop amid the onslaught of modernization. On the other hand, institutions that are unable to respond to the challenges of modernization will be crushed [1].

The impact of modernization in the field of education includes a shift in the substance of education to teaching. The meaning of education with moral values shifts to teaching as a transfer of knowledge. Another impact is the occurrence of pragmatism in the world of education. Education as a process of hominization and humanization has been pushed aside by pragmatic values to achieve material goals. In addition, modernization also has an impact on the weakening of the important roles of education actors (teachers, parents, leaders) and three education centers (schools, families, and communities) [2].

In terms of educational institutions, modernization has also given rise to various forms of education. The emergence of homeschooling, vocational education, and others are considered capable of responding to current needs [3].

Traditional Islamic boarding schools (hereafter called pondok pesantren) (salafiyah) as classical Islamic educational institutions inherited from the nation which still exists today are also exposed to modernization. Pondok pesantren have inherent characteristics as their trademark, namely the existence of a boarding school (dormitory), kyai (teachers), santri (students), mosque, and kitab kuning (one of Islamic scripture). In its learning aspect, pondok pesantren also have their learning activity models such as bandongan, sorogan, syawir, mudzakarah and others [4].

Pondok pesantren Tremas in Pacitan, East Java or Pondok Tremas Islamic College or also known as Pondok Tremas, since 1820 has been consistent with its identity as a boarding school that maintains and preserves cultural values as traditional Islamic boarding schools (salafiyah). This cottage is also part of a classical Islamic educational institution that is in the current of modernization which is always open to modernization and globalization. Modernization is a challenge in education that must be lived because this challenge can have both positive and negative impacts. It is positive if you can take advantage of the potential that exists in technological progress and globalization, negative impact if you cannot take advantage and even get trapped in the freedom that deviates from the rules of religion, state, and society.
