The Management and Implementation of 2013 Curriculum in Junior High Schools

This research aims to describe the planning, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and constraints associated with the implementation of the 2013 curriculum. The qualitative phenomenology with a multi-site design and constant comparative methods were the research approaches utilized. The study subjects were the principal, Vice Principal, and Teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Kandangan and SMP Negeri 2 Kandangan. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, participatory observation, and documentation techniques. Furthermore, the data collected were examined through reduction, presentation, and verification, with the va-lidity, checked using credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. After checking, it was analyzed using the single and cross-site analysis. The results obtained from this research indicate that planning, organizing, implementation, and evaluation were carried out according to plan. Therefore, it is recommended that the principal maintains and further enhances the involvement of the school parents, and community in the 2013 curriculum.