Public Participation In Education Decentralization (A Study about The Exertion of Basic Education In City of Bandung)

Kuswandi, Aos (2015) Public Participation In Education Decentralization (A Study about The Exertion of Basic Education In City of Bandung). Universitas Islam "45" Bekasi. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Implementation of education decentralization in Indonesia shows that the achievement tend to be less successful. Djungdjungnan (2012) said that the effects of education decentralization has caused politicized education. The advent of decentralized education has caused turmoil in some areas. Only a few regional leader are aware with how to use the authority in the area of education. Education decentralization in Indonesia was considered not effective. In some cases, the empirical shows that the unsuccessful education decentralization has linked to a number of factors. One of the important variables in education decentralization is the participation of the society. Bray (1996) and Aikara (2011) explained that the participation of the society as one of the supporter for education decentralization. The participation of the society is very important in relation with the implementation of education decentralization which required to represent the society in the decision making. This paper present findings from a study of the public participation in education decentralization at the basic education level in Bandung City. This research uses qualitative approach and descriptive analysis . It explores the findings from a semi-open interview conducted with 19 participants to represent four groups of stakeholders, namely: government bodies or authorities related to implementing of education decentralization; member of local parliament; member of local education council; the school committee and the organization of the students’ parents. The research proposes some ideas to identify the potential of society participation in education decentralization, particularly in relationship with people's aspirations which channeled through the local parliament; local education council; and the school committee. The results of research concluded that the participation of the society has positive contribution to the improvement of education decentralization of basic education in Bandung. Key words: Public Participation; Education Decentralization; Basic Education, Local Government; and Public Service.

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