The Implementation of Education National Standard in the Instrument of School Accreditation of Bali Province Education Authority

Abstract

The present study was aimed at investigating the implementation of the eight educational national standards in the school accreditation instrument to the improvement of the education quality in Bali province. The samples were taken from the schools in Bali province comprising elementary school, junior high school, senior high school, and vocational school taking accreditation in 2016. The data were collected using written instruments equipped by Focus Group Discussion (FGD) by applying quantitative and qualitative methods. The results reveal that the two aspects, legibility, and evaluation, for those schools were categorized as good regarding contents, process, graduation competence, and management standards. While the other aspects, implementation, and achievement, were categorized as poor in the teachers and education administrators, facilities and infrastructures, financial, and education evaluation aspects