An Evaluative Study of an Education Scholarship Program (BidikMisi) for Students in Indonesia

Abstract

The scholarship program for students is not economically capable but achievers namely BidikMisi (BM), provides an opportunity for educational expansion for social, economic equality in low-achieving middle-class society in Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to determine the performance and outcome of the BM program for students that can contribute to fulfilling the needs of human resources in Indonesia who are ready to compete in Era MEA. The approach used in this study is evaluative with the Discrepancy Evaluation Model (DEM) and took one last stage of the four stages of the model used in research, namely the product stage. Some indicators to measure the performance of the program results such as: (1) the absorptive power of graduates, (2) the relevance of absorption of graduates, (3) the contribution of graduates in community empowerment. Finding from this study stated that the alumni of the BM scholarship program contributed significantly to the fulfilment of human resources in Indonesia, especially in Java. The graduates of BM work well in government and private institutions, professions that are studied by the background of study programs and have religious, social activities by following their scientific capacity. The outcome of BM is a booster in improving the productivity and competitiveness of Indonesian human resources. The upgrading happens because the government through the University provides special coaching programs to enhance intellectual, spiritual and emotional abilities well when they are in college. So that the alumni of BM can revolutionise the character of the Indonesian nation and promote local culture such as religious culture, simple, disciplined and broad-minded. The originality of this study is the vision of the university can be a derivative in embodying every government program. So in the outcome of the program illustrated the results of the approach by the idea of the institution.