Fostering religious character education through the tahfidz al-Qur'an program Multisitus MI Zainul Anwar dan MI Tarbiyatul Islam Kraksaan Probolinggo

Character education is a very important foundation of the nation and needs to be instilled early on in students. Especially in students of primary education, because primary education is the benchmark for subsequent education. Through the tahfidzul Qur'an program, religious values have been developed to form noble morals. Forming a religious character is not easy, it takes a process of habituation and time. This research uses a qualitative approach, types of case studies, and multisite design. The results of research at MI Zainul Anwar: (1) The values developed are strong determination, steadfast stance, discipline, trust, and love of cleanliness, (2) Habituation approach, mentoring model, assignment method, repeat, deposit, and listening, and (3) Judging from the value you want to develop whether it is already owned by students or vice versa, there is a graduation every year indicators of success in class, namely seeing the smoothness and repair of letters. The results of research at MI Tarbiyatul Islam: (1) The values developed are Honest, Trustworthy, Deliver, intelligent, and stay away from despicable nature, (2) Classical approach, mentoring model, habituation and reward and punishment. Muraja'ah method, talaqqi, assignment, and father one day one. The steps are planning, implementing as well as evaluating the tahfidzul Qur'an program, and (3) The values developed by the madrasa, graduation every year juz 30 is mandatory for grade 6, the amount of interest in entering the memorizing class, and judging from the smoothness and knowledge of tajwid owned by students. The purpose of this research is for the development of educational science and to become a reference institution for improvement or development in the context of religious character education through the hafiz of the Qur'an.