Identification of Implementing Secondary Education Affirmation Program (ADEM) in Education Board Region at East Java Province

摘要

The program is a policy affirmation designed by government through special educational institutions and specialized services (PK-LK) under the auspices of Kemendikbud (Ministry of education and culture) to equitable access in education for middle-down citizens across the country. In order to evaluate the implementation of the program, this current research is conducted. The aims of this research are to identify the problems and to find obstacles so as to discover alternative solutions. Focus group discussion (FGD) was employed in collecting the data. The results have found that the implementation of Secondary Education Affirmation Program (ADEM), namely: regulations and implementation programs which include socialization, the recruitment process, and the student placement process, the obstacles faced by schools namely, student unpreparedness, finance, and human resources. The novelty of the research is related to the implementation of ADEM programme in the East Java region that had not been carried out by previous studies.