School committee performance using Community based Facility Management (CbFM) in The education system of Batubara district in Indonesia

Abstract

The primary education system in Indonesia involved the community recognized as the school committee, to take a part in the process of achieving the quality of education via the school facility performance, the low level of school committee involvement in the education system has become an issue in the development of education and reflected to the quality of education. This paper discusses the performance of school committees within the management of school facilities in Batubara district of Indonesia. The concepts of Community based Facility Management (CbFM) and Logometrix was deployed as a basis to measure the school committee performance in order to address the needs of quality school management. The data was collected from questionnaires distributed for those who work with and use school facilities spread over seven sub districts of Batubara, Indonesia. The result revealed that performance of existing school committees needed to improve. On the other hand, the measurement of school committee performance was recommended to be used as a guide towards addressing the needs of quality school management and furthermore to improve the quality of education in Indonesia.