TEACHER^S PERCEPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM AT SCHOOL IN BANTEN Wartoni (1), Mukhlas Suseno (2), Makruf Akbar (3)
Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Abstract
Quality assurance of education or abbreviated as (PMP) is one of the government programs used to improve the quality of education today. The Minister of Education Regulation Number 28 of 2016 concerning the quality assurance system for primary and secondary education, Indonesia of the schools have begun implementing education quality assurance or the Internal Quality Assurance System (SPMI). The problem in this study is that the implementation of SPMI in schools in Banten has not been implemented optimally and has not been carried out independently by the schools. The article^s purpose is to describe the implementation of SPMI in schools in Banten. The respondents in this study were seven teachers and principals from schools that had implemented SPMI. The teacher took from the School Education Quality Assurance Team (TPMPS). TPMPS is a team that has responsibility for managing the internal assurance system in schools. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method with a phenomenological approach to understand in-depth the phenomena, explanations, and respondents^ understanding of their experiences implementing SPMI in schools. The results of the study shows indicate that the implementation of the school^s internal quality assurance system program in Banten is following the procedures but are still many problems faced in implementing SPMI at schools. This study recommends that it is necessary to develop appropriate innovations and mentoring strategies according to the situation and conditions as well as the needs of each school
