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International Journal of Advanced Science and TechnologyVol. 29, No. 7, (2020), pp. 3431-3436Implementation of Tajweed Curriculum in Pondok Schools at PerakAbd Rahman Abd Ghani (Corresponding author)abdrahmanghani@fsk.upsi.edu.myMohd Aderi bin Che Nohaderi@fsk.upsi.edu.myDepartment of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Human Sciences,Sultan Idris Education University, 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, MalaysiaAbstractThis study discusses the implementation of Quran tajweed curriculum in pondok schools at Perak. Itaims to identify student achievement on tajweed curriculum from theoretical and practical aspects andexamined the suitability of the curriculum content as well. The quantitative study in which a total of250 questionnaires were distributed to respondents from seven pondok schools in Perak. Descriptivedata were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study found that theimplementation of the tajweed curriculum conducted at pondok schools in Perak is at a good level andthe majority of respondents agree that the student achievement on tajweed curriculum was verysatisfactory (high mean score of 4.65) and the content of the Quran tajweed curriculum also verysuitable (high mean score of 4:54).Keywords: tajweed curriculum, pondok schools, PerakIntroductionPondok School is a school that has a lot of traditional education system which was established inMalaysia, Indonesia (known as pesantren) and in Thailand (Patani). Pondok is an institution that hasbeen long-established in the Malay Archipelago and a lot of preaching is done by Acheh, Pattani,Melaka and Terengganu ulama.Admission of students to pondok school regardless of age and educational background, may register atany time. The school curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of fardhu ‘ain and fardhu kifayah.Abdullah Ishak (1990) states that pondok school education of that era is Islamic-based due to the arrivalof the holy religion to the growing region Asian up to Melaka. The study was conducted by Mohd ZaidiAbdullah (2009), entitled Tradition Study System and Pondok Institutions have proved that thetraditional teaching methods practiced in pondok schools were in stark contrast to the modern teachingmethods practiced today.Pondok studies evolved from studies in the mosque which has become the medium of meetings andrelation with the Islamic society. Religious teaching was held so that the local people can have a betterunderstand of the rule, the true faith and proper syariat (Ahmad Jelani: 1989). The effectiveness ofteaching and learning system has been proven when Pondok school has produced many ulama inMalaysiawhichcontributetowardsthenation.However pondok schools are also facing various problems related to the implementation of thecurriculum. Among them is the process of study is done in one-way form only and the main role isplayed by Tuan Guru (teacher's oriented) in determining the types of knowledge and text taught (WanZahidi: 1992).In addition, another weakness is the non-existent system of periodic examinations. This is proven byAbdul Hafiz Bin Abdullah (2001) that there was no examination system in the study of Quran in Pondokwhether monthly and annually. Achievement required by students to a higher level is evaluated basedon the ability of a student to understand the lessons or books learned from time to time.ISSN: 2005-4238 IJASTCopyright 2020 SERSC3431

International Journal of Advanced Science and TechnologyVol. 29, No. 7, (2020), pp. 3431-3436The problem is also the implementation of the pedagogy. This is evident from the study that wasconducted by Abdullah Muhammad Zain (2005) who found that the teaching in the pondok school isstill weak and not systematic. The study conducted by Abdul Hafiz Bin Abdullah (2001) found that theteachers are not only tied to a book but its elaboration is also not associated with current issues. ok school curriculum has several core subjects such as theology, fiqh, tafsir, Qur'an tajweed,hadith, tasawuf and Arabic. The study will focus on tajweed curriculum which is the basic knowledgethat should be possessed by someone who will be called as religious scholars.Research MethodologyThe study was conducted at seven pondok schools in the state of Perak with the population of 800students. The schools were randomly selected to represent each district in the state of Perak (exceptdistrict that do not have pondok school). These schools are Pondok Al-Ridzuan of Kuala Kangsar,Pondok Pengajian Darul Mubarak Sri Iskandar, Pusat Pengjian Umumi Al-Hidayah Parit Buntar,Pengajian Pondok Al-Amin Tapah, Pondok Pak The Pangkalan Hulu Gerik, Pondok Hidayatullah LekirSetiawan and Pondok Al- Ja'far Gopeng.A total of 200 sets (25% of the total student population) questionnaires were distributed and only 177sets only, namely 88% that has been reinstated. Descriptive quantitative data were analyzed usingStatistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. The questionnaires instruments wereanalyzed using descriptive statistic to look at the percentages, means and standard deviations.Finding Results and DiscussionAnalysis of Quran Tajweed Curriculum AchievementThere are four aspects studied based on the achievement of the respondents (students) on Quran tajweedcurriculum namely tajweed learning to enable students to understand well the theory of tajweed,learning tajweed allows students to read Quran with tajweed, tajweed learning to enable students to loveQuran more and allow students to guide the society (deliver lecture on tajweed). The findings are shownin Table 1 below:Table 1 : Tajweed Curriculum AchievementITEMMEANS.P1. Tajweed learning allows students to understand the theoryon tajweed well.4.710.6042. Learning tajweed allows students to read the Quran withtajweed.4.720.5713. Tajweed learning makes student love Quran more.4.770.5164. Tajweed learning allows students to guide society (Delivertajweed lecture)4.400.732TOTAL0.605(60%)4.65 (93%)Based on the table above, it seems that the average mean score of students’ achievement on tajweedcurriculum is very high (mean 4.65, s.p 0.605). Tajweed learning makes student grow love more ofISSN: 2005-4238 IJASTCopyright 2020 SERSC3432

International Journal of Advanced Science and TechnologyVol. 29, No. 7, (2020), pp. 3431-3436the Quran shows the highest score (mean 4.77, s.p 0.516), followed by tajweed learning enablestudents to read the Quran with tajweed (mean 4.72, s.p 0.571), followed by tajweed learning allowsstudents to understand the theory on tajweed knowledge well (mean 4.71, s.p 0.604), and finallytajweed learning allows students to guide the society (deliver tajweed lecture) (mean 4.40, s.p 0.732).Overall this data shows that the achievement of tajweed curriculum in pondok school is very good. Thebreakdown of respondents' answers shown in chart 1, 2, 3 and 4 below.Chart 1:80.075.760.040.020.01.11.122.0STSTPS0.0SSTajweed Learning Enables to Understand Tajweed WellWhen examined from chart 1, namely from the aspect of tajweed learning allows students to understandthe theory of tajweed well, almost all the respondents, namely 75.7% chose strongly agree, 22% choseagree while the remaining four are uncertain and strongly disagree with 1.1% respectively.Chart 2:Tajweed Learning Allows Reading Quran with Tajweed76.3100.0.6.61.1STSTSTP21.5.0SSSWhen examined from chart 2, namely from the aspect of tajweed learning allows students to read theQuran with tajweed, almost all the respondents, namely 76.3% chose strongly agree, 21.5% chose agreewhile the remaining four are uncertain (1.1%), disagree (0.6% ), and 0.6% strongly disagreChart 3:Tajweed Learning Enables to Love Quran More100.080.280.060.040.020.018.1.61.1STSTP.0ISSN: 2005-4238 IJASTCopyright 2020 SERSCSSS3433

International Journal of Advanced Science and TechnologyVol. 29, No. 7, (2020), pp. 3431-3436When examined from chart 3, namely from the aspect of tajweed learning makes student love Quranmore, almost all the respondents, namely 80.2% chose strongly agree, 18.1% chose agree, while theremaining four are uncertain and strongly disagree with 1.1 % and 0.6%, respectivelChart 4:Tajweed Learning Enables Guiding Society (Deliver Lecture on Tajweed)53.160.035.040.020.011.3.6.0STSTPSSSWhen examined from chart 4, namely from the aspect of learning allows students to guide thecommunity (deliver lecture on tajweed), more than half respondents, namely 53.1% chose stronglyagree while the remaining chose highly uncertain and highly disagree 11.3% and 0.6% respectivelyAnalysis on Tajweed Curriculum ContentThere are three aspects studied based on the content of Quran tajweed curriculum, namely Qurantajweed curriculum content is suitable with the level of students, curriculum content of the book coversall legal Quran tajweed and Quran tajweed book uses understandable language register. The results areshown in Table 2 beloTable 2: Curriculum Content on Quran TajweedITEMMEANS.P1. Content of study Quran Tajweed Study suitable withthe level of the students4.570.6712. Book content used include all legal Quran Tajweed4.510.7473. Quran Tajweed Book uses understandable languageregister4.540.6564.54 (90.8%)0.691 (69.1%)TOTALBased on the above table, it can be stated that from the study related to Quran tajweed book used inteaching pondok schools, the average mean score was higher (mean 4.54, s.p 0.691). The content ofQur'an tajweed study is suitable with the level of students showed the highest score (mean 4.57,s.p 0671), followed by Quran tajweed book use understandable language register (mean 4.54,ISSN: 2005-4238 IJASTCopyright 2020 SERSC3434

International Journal of Advanced Science and TechnologyVol. 29, No. 7, (2020), pp. 3431-3436s.p 0.656), and lastly the used book content includes all the laws of Quran tajweed (mean 4.51,s.p 0.757). These data suggest that the contents of Quran tajweed curriculum used in schools is verygood and appropriate. The breakdown of respondents' answers are shown in chart 5, 6, and 7 below.Chart 5:Curriculum Content of Quran Tajweed Suitable with the Level of hen examined from chart 5, namely from the aspect of the curriculum content of Qur'an tajweed issuitable with the level of students, more than half respondents, 64.4% chose strongly agree, 31.1%chose agree, while the remaining four are uncertain and strongly disagree with 3.4 % and 1.1%respectively.Chart 6:Curriculum Content of the Book Include All Quran Tajweed Laws100.063.350.027.7.61.76.8STSTSTP.0SSSWhen examined from chart 6, namely from the aspect of the curriculum content, the book covers all thelaws of Quran tajweed, more than half respondents, 63.3% chose strongly agree, 27.7% chose agree,while the remaining four are uncertain, disagree and strongly disagree with 6.8%, 1.7% and 0.6%respectively.Chart 7:Curriculum Content of the Book Using Understandable Language RegisterISSN: 2005-4238 IJASTCopyright 2020 SERSC3435