How Local Authorities Implement Decentralization Policy on Education Sector

DOI

10.2991/iconeg-16.2017.90How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Education; Decentralization; Local governments; controversy

Abstract

Education is one part of decentralization policy started in 2000 in Indonesia to raise quality of education services. This study examines some of major premises of its implementation among four cities. The aims of how the local governments managed education sector under their responsibilities, it will consist; financial aspect, local innovation and education services quality This study reveals that there is no significant improvement in primary-high school education before and after decentralization it is conducted by a blended qualitative and quantitative approach and collecting secondary data from various sources were used as a method of enquiry. The implementation of this policy only has minor innovation made by local authorities. Basically, it understands as financial shifting management from central to local level. Moreover, some local authorities made controversy policy through students' contribution for their education cost addition to raise education quality especially in school services.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ella Wargadinata
AU  - Mesy Faridah Hendiyani
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - How Local Authorities Implement Decentralization Policy on Education Sector
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Ethics in Governance (ICONEG 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 402
EP  - 406
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/iconeg-16.2017.90
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