Conflict and Overlapping Authorities in the Newly Implemented School Zoning Policy in Indonesia the Case in the Urban–Rural Regency of Magelang

Abstract

The zoning system is a policy pursued by the Ministry of Education and Culture to provide equal access to education services and equal distribution of the quality of national education. This qualitative research aims to get an idea of whether zoning policies on the acceptance of new students in the city of Magelang can realize educational equity in achieving social justice. The purpose of zoning is to reduce if necessary, eliminate the disparity in the quality of education, especially in the school system. The implementation of PPDB in Magelang City in 2019/2020 has not been able to achieve the objectives of the zoning policy which is to create quality education and equitable distribution of education in achieving justice. In zoning arrangements must be cooperation between the City and district governments, the zone is set based on the nearest area not based on administrative areas and easy access to transportation routes.

Twitting the Public Sentiment on the Jakarta Online Zoning System

“…However, the zoning system in various regions in Indonesia has caused polemics in the community (Riyanti et al, 2020). Regarding data from the Indonesian Child Protection Commission, 2020, New Student Admissions have seen a sharp increase in public complaints compared to the previous year (Widayati & Sudrajat, 2020). Indonesian Child Protection Commissioner for Education, Retno Listyarti, said that in 2019 his party only received a total of 95 complaints from 37 regions related to the Jakarta Online Zoning System.…”

Balanced clustering for student admission school zoning by parameter tuning of constrained k-means

“…Considering that the Indonesian people live in a multicultural nation, the government's policies are considered very appropriate to apply deep zoning system implementation acceptance of prospective students in public and private school education institutions. The basic rule of this zoning system is to oblige prospective new students to identify schools within the radius of the closest area to where they [2], [3]. Government directives through the Ministry of Education and Culture Regulation number 51 of 2018 regulate several pathways in implementing the acceptance of prospective new students, namely the zoning system path, achievement pathway,  ISSN: 2252-8938 Int J Artif Intell, Vol.…”