UPAYA DINAS PENDIDIKAN KOTA PEKANBARU DALAM MENINGKATKAN NILAI AKREDITASI SEKOLAH DASAR DI KOTA PEKANBARU TAHUN 2012

Abstract

Pekanbaru city government that has the responsibility and authority to
improve the quality of education is Pekanbaru City Department of Education
which is part of the local government under Law No. 32 Year 2004 on Regional
Government. One way to improve the quality of education is through school
accreditation. With the expected quality of education accreditation Pekanbaru
City can continue to increase and become a benchmark for the success of
educational programs that can be an example for other areas in Riau province
and outside the province of Riau.
The purpose of this study is to see how the efforts of Pekanbaru City
Department of Education in improving the quality of education through
accreditation and any factors that hamper the government's efforts in improving
accreditation. This research was conducted in the city of Pekanbaru, which is the
key informants in this study are, the head Pekanbaru City Department of
Education, the head of Primary School Development. In collecting the data
obtained from the documentation and documentation - depth interviews with
informants. Once the data is collected and then analyzed using qualitative
descriptive analysis. After doing research, efforts to increase the value of
accreditation is not yet fully optimized.
It was also found that there are factors that hamper efforts Pekanbaru
City Department of Education in improving primary school accreditation. The
limiting factor is the lack of funds for education, lack of teachers and education
personnel, lack of infrastructure facilities, and management education has not
been effective and efficient. Suggestions for official efforts to improve elementary
school accreditation is a further need to be maximized, socialization should
periodically be given to schools to better prepare future components of
accreditation in order to 8 components in the accreditation assessment can be
prepared as much as possible.
Key word : elementary school accreditation, the quality of education.