Abstract
This study discusses the leadership of school principals in the context of new student admissions by zonation system, and tracking digital problems in the pandemic era. This study aims to analyze how technology responds to policies related to new student admissions in the Covid-19 era. A qualitative approach is used. researcher as an active instrument. Data related to leadership policies, intake of new students, and digital problems were obtained through interviews, observations, and documentation with data flow chart analysis by Miles and Huberman. The informants are the principal, deputy principal, student affairs, administration, and school operators. The findings show that the acceptance of new students at MAN 2 Jambi City takes into account the number of teachers, and facilities according to the on-line PPDB technical instructions. The on-line 2020/2021 PPDB acceptance is intended to apply 2 channels, namely the "general route and achievement (zonation system)" connected to the databases of the ministry of social affairs, the ministry of education, and the ministry of religious affairs to avoid fraud. Research also proves that the digital problem in this madrasah does not occur. It is recommended that the on-line PPDB implementation be carried out through a zonation system.
Highlights
The leadership's policy in accepting new students since social distancing was implemented in the Covid-19 era has given a signal to digital technology whose benefits are widely questioned
The purpose of this paper is to complement the shortcomings of using technology for leadership by analyzing how technology answers the needs of leadership policies related to new student admissions in the Covid-19 era
In line with the results of the study, according to providing information that, what is included in the analysis of new student admissions is planning the number of students to be accepted, namely the capacity of schools and classes, the ratio of students and teachers which aims to compare the number of students and teachers can be balanced formulate a
Summary
The leadership's policy in accepting new students since social distancing was implemented in the Covid-19 era has given a signal to digital technology whose benefits are widely questioned. Digital technology is considered to damage the existence of education and civilization. Studies on leadership policies have paid less attention to technological aspects in the context of their use in new student admissions with a zonation system. In contrast to existing research, this research explains practically the role of technology that has been denied to be something that can be accepted as an inseparable part in the context of education. This paper is based on the argument that technology is useful for leadership, but is a solution in accepting new students in schools and as the beginning of the transformation of education into the digital era
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