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The internal quality assurance system (SPMI) of the secondary education unit is a quality assurance system that all components in the education unit should implement. SPMI in private Islamic high schools needs to be studied and resolved so that the quality of the process as well as the learning outcomes of students can be equivalent to other schools. This research is aimed to figure out the understanding of Islamic schoool staffs concernng internal quality assurance system, the programs implemented, and the constraints faced. The subjects of this research are teachers, principals, and administration staffs. This research implemented a qualitative approach as its research design. Data were collected through document analysis, questionnaires, and interviews with participants such as, teachers, principals, and administration staffs. Data were analyzed using descriptive qualitative approach, employng the stages of data collection, data analysis preparation, thorough reading, encoding data, encoding text for descriptions and themes used in research reports. The results of the study claimed that the teaching staffs and administration staffs as a whole did not fully understand the SPMI of the secondary education unit. Equally important, the quality assurance programs have not been well organized regarding SPMI to be able to meet the education standards. The main issue occurred in private Islamic high schools was that all school members did neither have a good understanding of SPMI nor a good quality assurance team. Consequently, school programs did not lead to gradual quality improvement to achieve and exceed national education standards. Both sampling schools were in urgent necessity to be given understanding and guidance related to the stages of improving school quality in accordance with the schools vision and mission as well as national education standards. As an initial step, private Islamic high schools need to establish SPMI that is in accordance with the requirements in order to improve the quality of administrative and learning processes.