Basic Concept of Graduation for Learners

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Alumni as the final product produced by the education unit institution The existence of alumni plays an important role in the quality and existence of the educational institution that graduated them. Therefore, strategic efforts in order to pay attention to the existence of these alumni must be made, because in addition to being a quality target of an educational institution, alumni are also a medium of evaluation and a benchmark for the success of an educational unit. And especially to the alumni, it is certainly expected to show more concrete forms of participation to improve the quality of educational services of their alma mater. The graduation of alumni is also very influential for students of their home school to continue to the next level of education. For example, to be able to enter a certain state university can be seen from the track record of alumni who enter the state university. So it is not uncommon if there is a certain PTN that already has a track record of alumni from a school, then the chances of being able to enter the PTN at the lower level are great. B. Problem Formulation 1. How do students graduate? 2. What does graduation mean? 3. What do we mean by alumni? 4. What are the benefits and roles of alumni? C. Purpose of Writing 1. To find out the competency standards of graduates. 2. To know the meaning of graduation. 3. To know the meaning of alumni. 4. To find out the benefits and roles of alumni. 3 CHAPTER II DISCUSSION A. Graduation 1. Graduation for Learners The graduation process is the final activity of learner management. Graduation is a statement from an educational institution (school) about the completion of an educational program that must be followed by students. The meaning of the word graduation according to the Big Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI) is the thing or state of passing exams and so on. Quoting Government Regulation Number 19 of 2005, Chapter X, Article 72 paragraph 1, students are declared to have graduated from the education unit after completing the entire learning program if: a. Obtain at least good grades on the final assessment for all subjects, religion and noble character subjects, citizenship and personality subjects, aesthetics subjects, and physical, sport and health subjects. b. Passing school or madrasah examinations for knowledge and technology subject groups c. Passed the national exam.[1] After students have completed the entire series of educational program activities at an educational institution and successfully passed the final exam, the students are given a graduation certificate or certificate or what is commonly known as a diploma or Certificate of Completion of Learning (STTB). Efforts that can be made by students to pass are to increase the portion of learning, education units increase the stabilization program, and the government prepares rules and regulations, standard operating procedures, operational guidelines and technical guidelines. These activities are to motivate students so that the exam can be passed by the education unit. The assessment by education units aims to assess the achievement of graduate competency standards for all subjects according to the program as a form of transparency, professionalism and accountability of the institution. In carrying out this assessment, teachers consider the results of the assessment of students. The school can determine the limit of 4 passing grade is equal to or greater than the limit formulated by the National Education Standards Agency (BSNP). The assessment was conducted over a period of two weeks. Assessment by the government aims to assess the achievement of graduate competencies nationally in certain subjects. In its implementation, the government assigned BSNP to organize a national exam which was held for three days. The results are used as one of the considerations for mapping the quality of the program, the basis for selection to enter the next level of education, determining student graduation, coaching and providing assistance to schools in efforts to improve the quality of education. When students have graduated, the formal relationship between students and educational institutions (schools) has been completed. However, it is hoped that the relationship between the alumni and the school will continue. The relationship between the school and alumni can be maintained through meetings organized by alumni who are members of the IKA (Alumni Association) and usually conduct activities called "reunion". 2. Graduate Competency Standards (SK L ) Graduate Competency Standards (SKL) are criteria regarding the qualifications of graduate abilities that include attitudes, knowledge and skills. In addition, the SKLs are also used as the main reference for developing content standards, process standards, educational assessment standards, educator and education personnel standards, facilities and infrastructure standards, management standards, and financing standards. The SKLs consist of criteria for the qualifications of students' abilities that are expected to be achieved after completing their study period in education units at the primary and secondary education levels. SKLs are a description of the attitudes, knowledge and skills that every learner who has completed a certain level of education is expected to have. SKLs are competencies that must be mastered or possessed by learners when they graduate at a certain level. This means that primary school SKLs are competencies that must be mastered by learners who have graduated from primary school. Junior high school SKLs are competencies that must be mastered by students who have graduated from junior high school. And senior high school SKLs are competencies that must be mastered by students who have graduated from junior high school. In the National Education System Law Chapter V on Graduate Competency Standards article 25 states: 5 a. Graduate competency standards are used as assessment guidelines in determining students' graduation from education units. b. Graduate competency standards as referred to in paragraph (1) include competencies for all subjects or groups of subjects and courses or groups of courses. c. Graduate competencies for language subjects emphasize reading and writing skills appropriate to the level of education. d. The graduate competencies as referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) include attitudes, knowledge and skills. From this article, it is known that graduation competencies must include attitudes (affective), knowledge (cognitive) and skills (psychomotor). These competency standards should be a reference for the government in setting graduation standards. However, there is a contradiction between the provisions and the implementation in the field.ulus high school level. B. Alumni 1. Definition of Alumni Alumni are people who have completed an education or who have graduated from an educational institution. Alumni as special school citizens have strong mental ties with the educational institutions that have graduated them. Alumni as the final product produced by the school are expected to help improve the quality and existence of the educational unit that has graduated them (Prihatin, 2011). There are various ways that alumni can contribute to their school. One of them is by sharing their experiences with the school. Providing training or information needed by the school based on the experience that alumni have gained is a valuable asset to provide input and new ideas for the school. Another way that alumni can do is by providing moral and financial support for quality improvement and providing scholarships to underprivileged students Alumni are also expected to be able to develop networks outside the institution and improve the good image of the alma mater in the community (Prihatin, 2011). 6 2. Benefits and Role of Alumni Alumni as one of the stakeholders of educational institutions have an important role and benefits for schools. The benefits of alumni for educational institutions are long-term process continuity in various ways, for example the existence of alumni who have strategic positions in government, companies, organizations, and in the community. This strategic position is expected to help schools to improve the quality and existence of schools in the community. In addition to the benefits, alumni also have an important strategic role for schools. Alumni act as catalysts, contributors, and iron stocks, which can be further explained as follows: 1) The role of alumni as facilitators has a strong emotional connection in the community, including: a. Alumni and alma mater. Educational institutions as an alma mater that has alumni, the synergy between the two can be symbiotic mutualism because it has a very strong relationship with mutual benefit and mutual benefit between the two. b. Alumni and prospective students Educational institutions need new students every year, alumni can indirectly act as a sales promotion or someone who can promote their educational institutions to invite prospective new students to be interested in studying at their alma mater. c. Alumni and the community. A good educational institution is the dream of the community and is the choice to enter their children to study at the educational institution, with the hope that they will have competence and become qualified. Alumni become a strategic focal point by the community because they are seen and interact directly with their environment in the community. d. Alumni and other institutions. Educational institutions have alumni who are active in various fields in government agencies, companies, institutions, and others. Alumni who are in that position are very strategic and urgent for the development of these educational institutions in the future. 7 e. Alumni and other alumni. The role of educational institutions towards alumni is very important, including facilitating alumni to meet. In this meeting, the alumni have a conducive interaction. For example, there are alumni who have been successful can help alumni who have not been successful by providing ways, opening opportunities, and helping according to their competencies and existing needs, so that the interaction of these alumni has the benefit of helping each other in goodness. 2) The role of alumni as contributors, namely material and immaterial contributions to the alma mater, among others: a. Material contribution It is a physical contribution that can be utilized by educational institutions, such as building construction, purchasing computers, printers, LCDs, cars, motorbikes, and so on. Of course this is without coercion and compulsion, but the contribution is full of sincerity and awareness that is built from within the alumni. However, what is valued is not the size of the contribution, but the spirit to share alumni is very important for the goodness that continues to flow later into amal jariyah. b. Immaterial contribution That is, contributions in the form of thoughts that can be useful for the development of these educational institutions, such as thoughts in the form of suggestions and constructive criticism; activities in the form of training, workshops, seminars, book reviews, dialogues, discussions, and scientific studies as well as silaturrahim, prayers in congregation, and so on. 3) The role of alumni as iron stock, namely educational institutions need human resources for regeneration, so alumni can be recruited in accordance with the disciplines owned by these educational institutions. Recruitment from alumini has been facilitated in selection because it has known the capacity, capability, and quality of alumni as needed, even to be improved and beneficial to the alma mater. 3. Sample Alumni Association Structure Organization Structure 8 SMA Negeri 1 Bogor Alumni Family Association 9 CHAPTER III CLOSING A. Conclusion Graduation and alumni are one of the important scopes in learner management. Graduation and alumni indicate that learners and their education units no longer have ties between one another. The graduation process is the final activity of learner management. Graduation is a statement from an educational institution (school) about the completion of the program. 10 education that must be followed by learners. Learner graduation must be based on the Graduate Competency Standards (SKL) of national education. Graduate Competency Standards (SKL) are criteria regarding the qualifications of graduates' abilities that include attitudes, knowledge and skills. When learners graduate and meet the SKL, then formally the relationship between learners and educational institutions (schools) has been completed. However, it is hoped that the relationship between alumni and the school will continue. . Alumni are people who have completed an education or who have graduated from an educational institution. Alumni as special school citizens have a strong inner bond with the educational institution that has graduated them. Alumni as the final product produced by the school are expected to help improve the quality and existence of the educational unit that has graduated them. B. Advice The author realizes that the material presented in this paper is far from perfect. The author apologizes if there are words or discussions that are inappropriate in writing this paper. However, the author will continue to learn to improve existing deficiencies as part of the learning process. The author hopes that Mr. Dr. H. Diding Nurdin, M.Pd. as the lecturer of the Learner Management course will provide corrections to things that are still considered lacking in the writing of this paper. LITERATURE Cahyanto, E. (2020). "Organizational Structure of SMA Negeri 1 Bogor Alumni Family Association". 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