Teachers' Structuring and Equating Policy Analysis of Special Regions in Indonesia

Abstract

—Education is one of the goals of the establishment of the Indonesian nation as stated in the 1945 Constitution: to educate the entire life of the nation. However, this adequate teachers-students ratios does not occur evenly across the country. One of the most fundamental problems is the unequal distribution of teachers in some areas that are far from urban areas, especially in special areas: disadvantage, remote, and border areas. To resolve the problems, the government through Ministry of Education and Culture formulating a teachers structuring and equalizing policy program. This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative explanatory research approach to assess the implementation of it. The purpose of this study is to find the pictures and information of the teachers structuring and equalization in special region program, the implementation and the support factors and the obstacles of the program implementation.