School Anxiety in Indonesian Madrasahs: Exploring A Growing Hidden Crisis

Abstract

Introduction: Education in Indonesia is managed by educational and cultural, and religious policies. The Ministry of Religion oversees the level of primary education to higher education. Madrasah is one level of secondary education that is shaded by spiritual wisdom. Madrasah Tsanawiyah in Indonesia formulates special programs and pesantren as an effort to improve the quality of students. Academic demands such as optimization of competency appeals trigger problem list as anxiety in students.
Objectives: Based on these circumstances, this study aims to photograph the condition of school anxiety in Madrasah..
Methods: This study uses a quantitative method of a cross-sectional survey. The research subjects were Madrasah Tsanawiyah students in Indonesia who were divided into regular students, special program students, Ma'had, and Non-Ma'had students. The sampling technique used random cluster sampling by randomly taking each representative category. The analysis in this research uses descriptive analysis and visual analysis.
Results: The results showed that most of the students experienced anxiety in school. Social anxiety and test anxiety is the common problem compared to health anxiety.
Conclusions: The results showed that most of the students experienced anxiety in school. Social anxiety and test anxiety are common problems compared to health anxiety.