: Boarding school as an educational institution as well as religious institution and religious social teaching have been known along the northern coast of Java, such as Gresik, Surabaya, Tuban, and other places. Some characteristic possessed by the boarding school in general is still maintained until now such as kiai, santri, teaching classical Islamic texts, mosques, and pondok (a place where santri live). The education system and teaching in boarding school are classified into three types, namely traditional boarding schools, semi-modern boarding school, and modern boarding schools