Zonation System Policy Implementation in the Admission of New Students in the City of Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Top-down and bottom-up policy collaboration in the implementation of new student recruitment policies, the provincial government was given the authority half-heartedly. PPDB program online with the zoning system objectively, fairly, equally and not discriminate empirically has a positive impact in the absence dichotomy of underprivileged students (in economic terms), excellent schools, and students who lack of the intellectual abilities. This type of research is qualitative research with analytical descriptive methods. Selection of informants is using purposive sampling model, the researcher decided to choose individuals to study because they could specifically provide an understanding of research problems and phenomena in the study. The validity of the data used source triangulation. The results showed that the implementation of the PPDB policy for the 2020-2021 academic year online with a zoning system in terms of time was in accordance with the program, in terms of educational equity, the dichotomy did not occur, but the facts in the field showed that the lack of digital mastery was due to lack of socialization, found that there are nearly 20% counterfeiting regarding residence so that it is near the intended school, falsification of sports achievement documents authorized to recommend, obstruction of the registration process and errors in school selection. This resulted in the process of accepting new students with the zoning system that was carried out online is not as expected yet.