A Prioritization Method to Optimize School Operational Assistance Fund by Using AHP Approach

Abstract

In Indonesia, education funding provided by the central government is made up of the components of personnel costs, investment costs, and operating costs. Since its implementation in 2005, the program has found several obstacles. It’s crucial to have an optimization tool to overcome the complications. The main problems that have arisen in the allocation of these funds so far have been lacking in planning and the lack of participation of the school ecosystem, in particular in determining the planning, planning documents and the priority scale of the projects. Program and activity plans based on the School Operating Assistance (BOS) platform. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) model is a prioritization approach based on determining the priority scale on the comparison of one option with another. The AHP model is a powerful but simple method that is usually used to make decisions. This approach has been implemented in various sectors, business, government, management, and education. In this study, the AHP model was used to determine the priority scale on the criteria of BOS allocated funds in the current year so that it could be absorbed optimally and can be utilized properly in its implementation for Vocational School activities. The results of the study show that the use of AHP makes it easier for school residents to prioritize the use of funds for school activities. Using the AHP model allows managers to record strategic goals using weighted criteria as the basis for prioritizing the use of funds. AHP can also work among different stakeholders in the school (principals, treasurers, teachers, and committee, parents/guardians) to participate in decisions about the use of BOS funds, to improve the quality and form of decision support taken to improve school performance.