The daily activities which occur in the pondok throughout the pesantren complex are not homogeneous. They vary from pondok to pondok but in general the activities are governed by a common central theme which, according to Kyai Hisyam Mansur, is “to guide the santri to become knowledgeable and pious individuals, meritorious to themselves, their parents, the nation and religion.”^[78] To this end the learning activity is geared toward acquiring intellectual and practical acquaintance with religious precepts. To achieve this broad objective most santri are to engage in two types of learning activities, ngaji in the evening and schooling in the day time.  An example of its enactment in a daily practice, can be seen from what occurs in the pondok owned by Kyai Hisyam Mansur himself.

Kyai Hisyam Mansur, the writer of Haul in Pesantren Buntet, who currently limits himself to having only between 50 to 60 mature santri (high school students or older), concentrates on teaching two kitab (religious texts). For this, he first requires his santri to get up on before dawn (around 4.00 a.m) for the call for prayer (adzan), puji-pujian, to perform morning congregation prayer and ngaji kitab. The standard (compulsory) texts he sets for his santri are Safinah (major) and Taqrib (minor). Both kitab are basically equal texts but they differ in the ordering of the topics into chapters. The students are to split themselves into two groups and each group is further divided into two sub-groups so that there are four sub-groups. Once a week each individual santri has to rotate his/her membership from one group/sub-group to another and thus from week to week each santri will belong to a different group/sub-group. By applying the bandungan method in two shifts Kyai Hisyam teaches one group after another the Safinah in an orderly manner from one chapter to the next. Outside the bandungan class he requires the santri to read the related chapter(s) from Taqrib and to consult him or whoever when it is needed. Thus unlike what they do with the Safinah, they read the Taqrib on a topic rather than on a chapter basis. Once a week two shifts of discussions are held. One sub-group discusses Safinah, the other sub-group argues or raises some comments based on Taqrib. To support their arguments Kyai Hisyam encourages the students to consult the references he provides, consisting of Hadits: Arba'in al-Nawawiyah, Riyadh ash-Shalihin; Tafsir (Exegeses): Jalalain, Ash Shawi, Ibn Katsir, Qurtubi, Muraghi); Theology (Nazham Nur al-Iman; Tajwid (Arabic or Qur'anic reading rules): Bidayah ash-Sibyan, Tanfir al-Atfal, Jazwiyah. For Nahu/Sharaf (Arabic grammar and word derivatives) Kyai Hisyam urges his santri to go to another pondok to learn from another kyai. By  applying this procedure Kyai Hisyam hopes the students will have basic mastery of certain kitab with some acquaintance and broadened perspectives.

In his pondok, Ngaji kitab is held from 8.00 p.m to 10.00 p.m and from 5.00 a.m to 6.30 a.m daily, except on Friday which is free. Every Thursday evening after sunset prayer, however, Kyai Hisyam still requires his santri to perform tahlil, and after evening prayer to perform marhaba and public speech training. For all these, the santri have to organise these rituals by themselves. Through this procedure he hopes that in the future or when they have completed their learning, santri will have the necessary training to engage actively in their societal roles.