THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL IN BIREUEN REGENCY OF ACEH PROVINCE

The Islamic boarding school has become a traditional institution famous in the social order, cultural, economic, and political in Aceh and Indonesia. The study aims to determine the role of the government to realizing the quality of Islamic Education Institute in Bireuen Regency. The research was conducted by descriptive qualitative approach that involves 15 units of the Islamic boarding school and 120 respondents. The results showed that the government had running errands coordination of development and preparation of materials and formulation of technical policy guidance Islamic boarding school. Also functions in the implementation of human resource development and education development, as well as facilitating the welfare of faculty, accreditation and curriculum. The agency has been able to carry out the role to improve the quality of education Islamic boarding school approximately 55.06% of the total in the Bireuen Regency. They are according to the needs of local Islamic boarding school, both aspects of the management, infrastructure, curriculum, and efforts to improve the quality of students, and all of that has not been done the maximum and not evenly distributed