Bureaucracy Challenges and Prospects of Transfer of Authority to Provide Secondary Education in North Sumatra Province

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10.2991/assehr.k.220204.023How to use a DOI?

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bureaucracy; authority and local government

Abstract

This study examines the challenges of public bureaucracy and the prospect of transferring authority to administering secondary education after the regulation of Law No. 32/2014 concerning Regional Government. Secondary education as a government affair that is concurrent affair in nature is transferred from the district/municipal government to the authority of the provincial government. Base on the policy, this study further formulates the problem of whether the transfer of authority has an impact on the regional bureaucracy and whether the transfer of authority makes the management of senior secondary education more efficient, effective and transparent. The research is conducted in two district/municipal autonomous regions in North Sumatra Province, namely Batubata Regency as a representation of rural areas and Medan City as a representation of urban areas and. The study is a qualitative research using in-depth interviews and secondary data as the main data collection tool. Informants from the study consisted of government officials, educators, and parents of students, local citizen and non-governmental organizations. The study finds that the transfer of authority poses a serious challenge to regional bureaucracies, especially in the transfer of basic institutional tasks, transfer of resources and transfer of assets, besides having a negative impact on aspects of supervision and control. However, this transfer provides the potential for the realization of the embryo of bureaucratic neutrality, transparency, reducing nepotism practice and increasing the competence of educators. This study further recommends the need for special instruments in strengthening the transition process both at the regulatory and advanced planning levels so that the ideal goal of creating quality, equitable and equitable secondary education can be realized.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Februati Trimurni
AU  - Rudi Kristian P.M.
AU  - Wiro Oktavius Ginting
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/15
TI  - Bureaucracy Challenges and Prospects of Transfer of Authority to Provide Secondary Education in North Sumatra Province
BT  - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Public Policy, Social Computing and Development (ICOPOSDEV 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 139
EP  - 147
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220204.023
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220204.023
ID  - Trimurni2022
ER  -