The Implementation of “POAC” System in Sekolah Indonesia Johor Bahru (SIJB), Malaysia

Abstract

Education is a right for every human being, including Indonesian migrant children in Malaysia, as they supply most countries. With approximately more than forty percent migrant workers in Malaysia, Indonesian children’s cultures, social life, and rights must be noticed. Especially their education should be prioritized. Therefore, the Indonesian government officially opened schools for them and provided them with a number of scholarships to elevate their quality of life. One of those institutions is Sekolah Indonesia Johor Bahru (SIJB), which is located in Johor Bahru and is quite strict in terms of immigration and residence permits. SIJB is one of many ways that the Indonesian government conducts its operations through the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia to solve and handle those issues. By giving them access to education, somehow Indonesian Migrant children could eventually find a path and way out of their illegal status and have their right to be educated as well. This paper is aimed to dig deeply into this institution’s existing management by using the educational management theory known as POAC, which is planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling with a qualitative approach and proceeding using phenomenological study. The data are collected using observation and interviews of the students, teachers, and alumni of SIJB. Planning in SIJB can be seen from how it was established in 2014, and it was promoted until it can manage its admission and selection properly. Moreover, the teacher comes door-to-door to find Indonesian migrant children and calls them to the school. This institution is organized well from how the principal divided many duties upon a number of divisions with different operational procedures. Actuating point can be found in the way this school conducts its learning program on behalf of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Indonesia and by a number of additional events to improve its learning method to finally achieve its educational purposes. It can also be seen from how the guidance of the students is conducted. Finally, controlling in SIJB can be understood from their evaluation of learning methods, teachers’ quality, and alumni mentoring program.