Admission, Orientation and Placement Of Students

ADMISSION, ORIENTATION AND PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS A. New Student Admissions “New student admissions are the process of searching, determining and attracting applicants who are capable of becoming students at the relevant educational institution (school)” (Mustari, 2014:111). Efferi, Adri. (2019, p. 27) states that “New Student Admissions are an activity that is carried out first in an educational institution”. Of course, this activity is carried out through a selection process that has been determined by the educational institution for prospective new students. Accepting new students is not an easy thing. Schools must prepare the right strategies in implementing it, so that they can attract quality students whose school input can also be better so that the learning process can be maximized and the quality of the school increases. Accepting new students is one of the most important student management activities. "The admission of new students includes several stages, namely: 1) student admission policy, 2) student admission system, 3) new student admission criteria, 4) new student admission procedures, and 5) new student admission problems". (Rifa'I, 2018, p. 14) in implementing PPDB, one must be able to pay attention to PPDB policies, systems, criteria, procedures and problems. The PPDB policy contains rules regarding school condition factors (capacity, student criteria, budget, educational staff facilities and infrastructure), the PPDB system contains the method of accepting new students (promotion system or selection system), the PPDB criteria contain the benchmarks that determine whether or not someone can be accepted as a new student, the PPDB procedure contains (formation of human resources, PPDB meetings, making/posting announcements, registration of prospective students, selection of students, determination of accepted students, re-registration), and the PPDB problem contains the value of students who are at the lower limit of acceptance or whose abilities are inferior to other students. B. New Student Orientation According to Rifa'I, (2018, p. 15) student orientation is "an activity to accept new students by introducing the situation and conditions of the educational institution/school where the student is studying". The purpose of this orientation is so that students understand and obey the regulations in force at school, students can be active in activities organized by the school, and are ready to face a new environment physically, mentally and emotionally. "New student orientation is an activity to accept new students by introducing the situation and conditions of the educational institution. Includes the physical environment of the school and the social environment of the school". (Badrudin, 2014, p. 48). According to Nasihin and Sururi (in Rifa'i, 2018, p. 52) "school orientation is an activity to accept new students by introducing the situation and conditions of the educational institution (school) where the student is studying". From the definition, it can be concluded that student orientation is an introduction to the physical and social situation of the school to new students so that students can understand and obey all applicable regulations, actively participate in activities and be able to face their new environment physically, mentally, and emotionally. C. Placement of New Students Before students who have been accepted at an educational institution (school) take part in the learning process, they must first be placed and grouped in their study groups. Placement of new students is an activity of grouping students carried out using a class system. "Placement of students is the grouping of students carried out using a class system" (Badrudin, 2014, p. 48), According to Imron (in Rifa'i, 2018, p. 61) "Grouping or classification is the grouping of students based on their characteristics, this is intended so that students are in the same condition". Grouping of students can be done based on similarities in students, namely "gender and age. In addition, grouping is also based on differences in individual students such as interests, talents and abilities and others". (Rifa'I, 2018, p. 16) Grouping of students according to Willian A. Jeager (in Badrudin, 2014, p. 48) can be based on the integration function (based on similarities resulting in classical learning), and the difference function (based on differences resulting in individual learning).