This research explores the social construction of santri life skills through the role of learning in the framework of non-formal education in islamic boarding school. The focus of this study is to examine how extracurricular culture becomes a learning forum for building independence, discipline, and responsibility through experiential learning in non-formal education through the culture of islamic boarding schools. Data were collected through interviews and field observations and then analyzed using a qualitative approach with a case study method. The results of the study show that santri gain a broad learning space through experiential learning found in every extracurricular program. Experiential learning in Islamic boarding schools integrates spiritual values with the development of life skills as part of non-formal education in the Islamic boarding school environment, which is one of the administrators' efforts to meet the growing educational needs of the community
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