The Use of Trade-Off Analysis in Analyzing the Implementation of New Students' Admissions Selection Policy in Bandung State Middle School

摘要

The admission process of the prospective students who wish to continue their studies to the next level in the public school called the New Students Admissions Selection. The selection process is carrying the standard criteria that must be met by all prospective students. Selection is carried out based on the regulations set forth in Bandung Mayor Regulation No. 361 in 2015 and No. 610 in 2016. The chaotic implementation of the process in Bandung occurred. It was in the academic year of 2015/2016; in which there was an imbalance of the number of prospective new students which exceed the capacity public schools. This fact was becoming the background of the research. The research approach used was qualitative descriptive case study method, took place in Bandung using purposively sampling. The research instruments used were interviews, the existing documents on the subject matters, focus group discussions and questionnaires. The process of data analysis was using the Trade-off analysis. The results showed that the policy implementation was facing some obstacles, especially at the technical level such as public trials, socialization, improper substance regulations and new policy within the policy.