Implementasi Kebijakan Penerimaan Peserta Didik Baru (PPDB) Online Tingkat Sekolah Menengah Atas di Kota Medan

Abstract

This research aims to find out how the implementation of the Online New Student Admission (PPDB) policy in Medan City. The online New Student Admission (PPDB) policy is a government policy in the admission of prospective students based on the Minister of Education Regulation Number 1 of 2021 concerning New Student Admission for Kindergartens, Elementary Schools, Junior High Schools, Senior High Schools and Vocational High Schools. The purpose of this online New Student Admission policy is to provide quality and equitable education services for poor families, children of laborers and people with disabilities. The research method used in this research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Data collection was carried out using interview, observation and documentation techniques. The informants used in this research are the PPDB Organizing Committee, teachers, parents and students. The data were obtained and analyzed qualitatively with the implementation theory proposed by George Edward III, namely communication and resources. The results of this study indicate that the online New Student Admission (PPDB) policy in Medan City from the communication indicator, the process of delivering information still needs to be improved so that in the future it can minimize acts of fraud committed by unscrupulous organizers and unscrupulous parents of students because this is very contrary to the purpose of this PPDB policy. Through the resource indicator, it can be seen that the number of organizing committees is still small, so that many parents and students complain about the slow response given by the committee in handling complaints. Thus, the various obstacles that have been described must be improved so that the implementation of the PPDB policy can run optimally.