Abstract

This study aims to determine the differences in the school well-being of the full-day school and half-day high school students. The method used in this research is a quantitative correlational method with a population of 249 full day school students and 304 half-day schools with a total of 552. Sampling using accidental sampling The instrument in this study, namely, the school well-being profile questionnaire ( SWP), is based on Konu and Rimpela's theory, where there are four dimensions (having, loving, being, health). The results showed that there was no difference in school well-being among high school students with full-day school and half-day school systems. The results of the study are useful as a basis for providing guidance and counseling service techniques to improve school well-being in students.

Highlights

  • School is a formal education institution provided by the government, it functions for learning and for developing students’ morals, character, aptitude, and interest (Santrock, 2014)

  • Adolescents who attend junior and senior high school generally spend their time at school approximately seven hours a day

  • Half-day school students feel overloaded by homework

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INTRODUCTION

School is a formal education institution provided by the government, it functions for learning and for developing students’ morals, character, aptitude, and interest (Santrock, 2014). The education system in Indonesia is widely discussed in the last two years after Muhadjir Effendy, the minister of education and culture proposes a new program This program, known as the full-day school program, is an effort to improve the education quality and students’ character development as well as educators’ performance improvement (Faiz, 2017). PBNU stated that fullday school potentially leads to some problems, including lack of time to build a social relationship with friends, safety issues for students whose home is far from school, and limited facilities that hinders the implementation of full-day school (Rahadian, 2017). Among several advantages of the full-day school program, he said that he received more materials than half-day school He had a better relationship with friends since they spend more time together in school. The result of the study may provide feedback for the implementation of the government's educational program

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