Demographic Trends and the Influence of Education Policy on Compulsory Madrasah Education Program in Bekasi Regency (Critical Study at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Bekasi Regency)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the education policy of the Madrasah Ibtidaiyah compulsory education program in Bekasi Regency on student participation in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (M I) private schools, as well as to understand the extent to which the policy has an impact on education. increase in number. schoolgirl at M adrasah Ibtidaiyahprivate. To achieve this goal, the study focused on analyzing the impact of the compulsory education policy of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah on the trend of education demographics in Bekasi Regency. The research method used is a simple regression analysis, with the independent variable (X) is the number of public M I students in Bekasi Regency and the dependent variable (Y) is the number of private MI students in Bekasi Regency. This analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between the numbers of public students in M I and the number of private students in MI, as well as to determine the extent to which Madrasah Ibtidai yah's compulsory education policy contributed to increased student participation in private education. The results showed that the compulsory education policy of Madrasah Ibtidai yah in Bekasi Regency had a very significant influence on increasing the number of students in private Madrasah Ibtidaiyah. Statistical analysis shows that the relationship between the number of public M I students and the number of private M I students is very strong, with a significance level of 88.5%. Furthermore, the value of the coefficient of determination (R Square) of 78% shows that most of the differences in the number of private students in M I are explained by the number of public students, while the rest can be influenced by other factors. In other words, the results of this study show that the compulsory education policy of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah in Bekasi Regency has a positive impact on increasing student participation in private Madrasah Ibtidaiyah. The policy contributes to meeting the needs of religious and moral education in Bekasi Regency, as well as contributing to improving the quality of human resources in the region, in accordance with the objectives of education development in the current era of globalization and modern transformation.