There were 4.37 Million Students in Indonesia in the 2020/2021 Academic Year, with East Java Having the Highest Number.

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The Directorate General of Islamic Early Childhood Education and Islamic Boarding Schools of the Ministry of Religious Affairs reports that there were 4.37 million students (santri) spread throughout

Number of Students in Indonesian Islamic Boarding Schools by Province (2020/2021)

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Number of Students in Indonesian Islamic Boarding Schools by Province (2020/2021)

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The Directorate General of Islamic Early Childhood Education and Islamic Boarding Schools of the Ministry of Religious Affairs reported that there were 4.37 million santri (students of Islamic boarding schools) spread across Indonesia in the 2020/2021 academic year. These santri were distributed across 30,494 Islamic boarding schools (pondok pesantren).

East Java recorded the highest number of santri during that period, reaching 970,541 santri, or 22.19% of the total number of santri in the country.

The province with the next highest number of santri was West Java, with 901,222 santri. This was followed by Central Java with a total of 558,620 santri.

Banten ranked fourth with 467,175 santri. Next were West Nusa Tenggara and Aceh with 291,464 and 272,601 santri respectively.

On the other hand, Maluku had the lowest number of santri in Indonesia, with only 1,200. Above Maluku were West Papua and North Kalimantan with 1,564 and 3,406 santri respectively.

Based on gender, the number of male santri was higher than female santri. There were 2.3 million male santri and 2.07 million female santri.

Based on residency, the majority of santri in Indonesia resided in Islamic boarding schools, totaling 3.85 million. The remaining 523,927 santri did not reside in Islamic boarding schools.

Editor : Padjar Iswara

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