STRATEGY OF EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ARGOPURO PANTI

Abstract

Quality of education is one of the central isue of national education among other isues such as
equlization, relevance and educational management eficiencies. SMA Argopuro Panti is still
faced with several obstacles that affect the quality of education, which regard to the background
of students and their families, support of educational resources, teachers qualification, and low
community participation. This research aims to obtain information about the policies underlying
the school-based education quality improvement program, and how the school stakeholders
understanding of the policy and to analyze information about alternative strategies for improving
the quality of schoole-based education, regarding to the education program in SMA Argopuro
Panti Jember. Informants in this study are founders of foundations, school committee members,
and teacher, research subjects are relatively few and selected according to the research objects. In
this study, collection uses snowball sampling techniques. Data analysis method uses SWOT
analysis method. Based on the results of the analysis it is known that SMA Argopuro Panti is in a
very favorable situation, it should able to compete because according to data analysis this school
already has the strengthand opportuintyto improve its quality and dare to compete with other
schools. The strategy applied in this condition is to support an aggressive growth policy growth
oriented strategy.
Keywords : Strategy, Development, Quality of Education