Examining the Basic Educational Rights in the Newly-Implemented School Zoning Policy in Indonesia

Abstract

School zoning policy is one of the government's efforts to fulfill the rights of education for citizens. Indonesia has implemented this policy based on Permendikbud Law No. 14 of 2018. In the Indonesian context, this policy has provided easy access to the public to get an education, so that people who are in areas near schools can go to school with lower transportation costs. Because the zoning system in Indonesia prioritizes the distance radius from the place of residence to school. The enactment of the new policy certainly cannot be separated from the obstacles encountered. On the ground, there are still polemics that occur between policies and the community. this is due to the dissemination of information dissemination that is still lacking among the public. The pros and cons of implementing this policy become an evaluation material for the implementation of the following year. Through this policy, the government has long-term planning that can fulfill the rights of every citizen in getting an education. The article aims to determine the establishment of the foundation in the zoning policy fulfills the right to education for citizens in Indonesia.

Multi-parameter Coordinated Public School Admission Model by using Stable Marriage

“…In the previous era, admission in public schools in Indonesia was based on the students' academic performance, specifically based on the students' national final exam score. High performing students tend to achieve high national exam score and have higher probability to be accepted in the favourite schools [7]. The opposite condition occurred in the non-favourite schools.…”

“…Erickson [6] noted that in the United States, parents value the school quality although it is not always the highest determinant. In the other side, the nonfavourite schools receive less applicants so that they face over-supply condition [7]. Second, several schools are in the strategic location, for example in the city central or in the middle of residential area, while several other schools are in the non-strategic area.…”

“…This concept has several goals. The first goal is to allocate students to attend the school near their residential location so that the school-home distance and the transportation cost can be minimized [7]. The second goal is to minimize segregation among public schools so that there is not any stigma between favourite and non-favourite schools [9].…”

“…The second goal is to minimize segregation among public schools so that there is not any stigma between favourite and non-favourite schools [9]. This segregation among schools has been blamed for creating inequality among schools where the favourite schools can maintain their superiority in academic performance compared with the non-favourite schools [7]. In the previous era, admission in public schools in Indonesia was based on the students' academic performance, specifically based on the students' national final exam score.…”

“…Third, this model can be adjusted easily by every local government who is in charge in the public-schools admission process in its district. Fourth, this model simplifies the previous admission models process, both in the zone-based model [7] and the two-step model [14].…”