The Effectiveness of 9 Years Compulsory Education Policy towards Education Enhancement of Child Workers

摘要

The objective of this research is to determine the effectiveness level of 9 years compulsory education program in terms of increasing the accessibility of school age children to obtain education which finally can affect to the reduce of child workers. This research uses qualitative approach, whether in data collecting and data analyzing. Primary data was found through a deep interview with some stakeholders and also the child workers which completed with the real observation on the child workers activity. Then, the secondary data was found by documents and statistic data from related institutions. This research shows that the 9 years compulsory education program in Makassar is not effective yet. This conclusion is based on the result of data analysis which showing that: (1) the amount of the school age children which still cannot access the education are relatively big. Because until 2009, the school participatory number (APS) just reaching 87 percent, which this number is not having many different with the number of the previous years; (2) the amount of child workers which do not access the education is relatively big, which means the 9 years compulsory education policy is not attract the willing of those child workers to access the education; and (3) the curriculum which provided in 9 years compulsory education is not oriented to the preparation of the students to directly involve in workspace at the young age yet.