DIGITAL LEADERSHIP BASED ON DAYAH LOCAL WISDOM: STRATEGIES TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF EDUCATION POST-DISASTERS ISLAM IN VULNERABLE ZONES

Abstract

As the oldest Islamic educational institution in Aceh, Dayah faces a dual challenge: it is located in a disaster-prone zone prone to recurring megathrusts and tsunamis, yet lacks an emergency response education management system integrated with digital technology and grounded in local wisdom and religious authority. The leadership transformation of the Dayah has so far focused more on improving academic quality and adopting general learning technologies, while the strategic aspect of maintaining post-disaster education continuity through collaboration between personal charisma and digital platforms has remained largely untouched academically or practically. This research uses a qualitative approach with a literature study type, systematically tracing literature from books, scientific journal articles, and relevant research reports. The research results show four main findings. First, the reconstruction of Teungku's authority is transformed from personal charisma to collaborative leadership based on digital platforms without losing the legitimacy of the ulama, where technology becomes an extension of charisma through digital preaching and cross-sector coordination. Second, the dayah emergency response system architecture integrates the local Beureukat application created by alumni with the traditional Rumoh Balee communication network as an independent digital post. Third, the emergency curriculum strategy develops a dialectic between disaster jurisprudence, offline server digital literacy, and trauma healing based on dhikr and online yasinan. Fourth, the resilience of the dayah community is built through dialogue between resistance to foreign technology and adaptation based on digital mutual cooperation among alumni. This study concludes that digital leadership based on local wisdom in dayah is a hybrid construct that combines traditional authority with technological systems, resulting in an antifragility model that not only survives but also emerges stronger and becomes a pillar of post-disaster communities. Implementation of the research findings includes strengthening the digital leadership capacity of Teungku, developing an alumni consortium for the sustainability of the Beureukat application, codifying local disaster knowledge into a digital curriculum, and advocating for inclusive educational relaxation policies for dayah in disaster-prone areas.