ANALISIS KELULUSAN SMA NEGERI DI KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI, 2009-2014

JUSTAMAR KAMI, Dr. Soeratno, M. Ec.

2014 | Tesis | S2 Magister Ek.Pembangunan

Pendidikan memegang peranan penting bagi peningkatan kualitas hidup manusia. Tingkat pendidikan masyarakat menetukan kemajuan suatu daerah. Tingkat pendidikan masyarakat Mentawai tergolong masih rendah. Salah satu indikatornya adalah hanya 2,66 persen masyarakat Mentawai mengenyam pendidikan di atas SMA. Banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi tingkat kelulusan suatu sekolah yaitu, tenaga pendidik, sarana prasarana, peran orangtua, masyarakat, dan anggaran. Penelitian ini berfokus pada pengaruh tenaga pendidik dan rasio siswa guru bagi peningkatan kelulusan siswa SMA Negeri di Kabupaten Kepulauan Mentawai. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh jumlah guru strata satu, jumlah guru bersertifikasi, jumlah guru mengajar rangkap mata pelajaran, dan rasio siswa guru terhadap jumlah lulusan siswa. Populasi penelitian ini adalah semua sekolah negeri di Kabupaten Kepulauan Mentawai yang berjumlah lima sekolah pada tahun pelajaran 2008/2009 - 2013/2014. Penelitian ini menggunakan data sekunder yang diperoleh dari Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten Kepulauan Mentawai, kemudian dianalisis dengan menggunakan regresi data panel. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat dua variabel yang berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap peningkatan jumlah lulusan SMA Negeri di Kabupaten Kepulauan Mentawai. Variabel-variabel itu adalah jumlah guru strata satu (S-1) dan rasio siswa terhadap guru. Kata kunci: kelulusan siswa, guru strata satu, guru sertifikasi, rasio siswa terhadap guru

Education plays an important role in promoting the quality of people’s life. The level of people’s education determine the acceleration of development process in a country. The level of Mentawai people is categorized still low. One of the indicators is only 2.66 percentage of Mentawai people who graduate from university or college. The level of student graduates is influenced by many factors, such as: teachers, facilities, the role of parents and society, and budget. The study focuses on impact of teachers and student-teacher ratio for increasing student graduates rate of state senior high school in Mentawai Islands Regency. The purpose of the study is to analyze the impact of number of teachers who have S-1 degree, number of certified teachers, number of teachers who teach more than one subject, and student-teacher ratio toward the number of student graduates. All state senior high school in Mentawai Islands Regency is the population of the study in 2008/2009-2013/2014 academic year. The data used in the study is acquired from Mentawai Education Office, then analyzed by panel data regression. The result of analysis shows that the number of teachers who have S-1 degree has positive impact significantly in increasing the number of student graduate at the state senior high school in Mentawai Islands Regency. The student-teacher ratio variable also has positive influence significantly in increasing the number of student graduate at the state senior high school. Keywords: student graduates, number of teachers who have S-1 degree, certified teacher, student-teacher ratio.

Kata Kunci : student graduates, number of teachers who have S-1 degree, certified teacher, student-teacher ratio; kelulusan siswa, guru strata satu, guru sertifikasi, rasio siswa terhadap guru