Abstract
This paper critically reviews and evaluates the implementation of School Accreditation Program for the period of 2013 with a particular reference to Central Java Schools, consisting of Kindergarten (TK) Elementary School (SD), Junior High School (SMP) and Senior High School (SMA) (Note 1). The aim of the review is to see to what extent they can comply with the ‘Education for All’ (EFA) Program as expressed in World Summit (2000) resulting in a Millennium Declaration known as “Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The research setting involved Central Java, covering 35 regencies as the sample consisting of 1,985 schools as the target and realized 1,972 (99%) schools accredited. It turned out that there were technical problems at schools of all levels, ranging from pre-accreditation, accreditation to post accreditation in need of special attention by involved parties for better improvement of the program implementation.
Highlights
1.1 BackgroundObsessed by the ‘Millennium Development Goals’ (MDG) for improved services in education, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has done various efforts at the central level in the form of educational policies, and at the regional levels in the form of practical procedures of implementation of School Accreditation Program (SAP) in the hope that all schools, ranging from Elementary Schools (SD/MI), Junior Senior High Schools (SMP/MTs) to Senior High Schools (SMA/MA/SMK) are operationally accredited in compliance with the requirements as set in the standards of quality education.With respect to Education for All (EFA), the first target is that in 2015 all children, male and female alike, wherever, must be able to complete basic education (SD)
The aim of the review is to see to what extent they can comply with the ‘Education for All’ (EFA) Program as expressed in World Summit (2000) resulting in a Millennium Declaration known as “Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
The result of the interviews with five assessors of BAP-S/M indicated similar opinions. They all agreed that school accreditation is one of the ways of external auditing in support of quality assurance of educational enterprise
Summary
1.1 BackgroundObsessed by the ‘Millennium Development Goals’ (MDG) for improved services in education, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has done various efforts at the central level in the form of educational policies, and at the regional levels in the form of practical procedures of implementation of School Accreditation Program (SAP) in the hope that all schools, ranging from Elementary Schools (SD/MI), Junior Senior High Schools (SMP/MTs) to Senior High Schools (SMA/MA/SMK) are operationally accredited in compliance with the requirements as set in the standards of quality education.With respect to Education for All (EFA), the first target is that in 2015 all children, male and female alike, wherever, must be able to complete basic education (SD). A number of laws stipulating the school accreditation among others include [1] Law No 20/2003 on National Education System, [2] Government Regulation No 19/2005 on National Education Standards, [3] Education Ministerial Decree No 59/2012 on National School Accreditation Board, [4] Central Java Governor’s Decree No 8/2013 on Provincial School Accreditation Board (2013-2018) along with the Governor’s Decree of Establishment of Provincial School Accreditation Board No 420/23/2013 for the period of 2013-2018 It is stipulated (National Education System Law No 20/2003) that: 1) Accreditation is performed to specify whether a particular unit of education is eligible and feasible for operation as formal and non-formal education in each level and type; www.ccsenet.org/ies
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