Education Management

 Education Management Challenges

A.   The Understanding of Education Mangement Challenges

a.       Education is the wealth of  knowledge acquired by an individual after studying particular subject matters or experiencing life lessons that provide an understanding of something.

b.      Management is the process of reaching organizational goals by working with and through people and other organizational resources. 

Management has the following 3 characteristics:

1.      It is a process or series of continuing and related activities.

2.      It involves and concentrates on reaching organizational goals.

3.      It reaches these goals by working with and through people and other organizational resources.

MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

The 4 basic management functions that make up the management process are described in the following sections:

1.    PLANNING

2.    ORGANIZING

3.    INFLUENCING

4.    CONTROLLING.

c.       Challenges is the situation of being faced with something that needs great mental or physical effort  in order to be done succesfully and therefore tests a person’s ability.

d.      Education Management is both a field of academic study and a collective group of professionals that includes principals, teachers and other education professionals.

e.       Educational management is the theory and practice of the organization and administration of existing educational establishments and systems.

From the above definition we can conclude that the challenges of educational management is a science that requires solution or the maintenance in achieving success

B.     Education Mangement Challenges

a.    The Development of Quality Education

By Maruntung Sihombing: Development of quality education, fair and equitable is the desire of all nations. Aside from being a spirit of development, education has also become the frontline in creating a nation's civilization and moral dignity. But education often go unnoticed. Including areas that are in the area leading, lagging, and the outermost regions farthest Indonesia (4T). This is certainly due to geographical factors and is considered an area which is owned by our country. Most of the Indonesian territory that stretches from Sabang to Merauke in the region of 4T. That is why, the development is often not touched the majority of which are in rural areas. Both in Sumatra and Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Papua, Indonesia or even the East and West Indonesia.

From this statement we can conclude if the development of quality education and equitable throughout Indonesia is the great ideals that has not materialized. Many things become obstacles, especially when they want to build education in remote areas

b.      Advancement of Our Education

Seen from the presence of teachers and quality in teaching and learning activities in the classroom. The quality of education is no longer pegged to the great a curriculum, but how to give birth to teachers capable, creative and excel. Logically, it is probably a less competent teacher who is able to apply a good curriculum. But instead, as difficult as any curriculum, if our teachers already qualified and competent, the application can be realized well. In essence, teachers must be equipped beforehand.

So, although the curriculum always changes actually is not abstruction to do the teaching learning process, but that is the way how to depelove education or knowledge. So, when the curriculum have changed the teachers must be equipped beforehand.

c.       The Mental study of Student

In teaching learning process, not all of students can understanding material easily but partly, as a teacher should be familiar with students' mental, learning either mediocre or playing while learning and possible cheating during exams. Thus, a teacher must be able to make the students be resilient or diligent in learning, to foster resilience, a teacher and a student also let always consider any issues or problems that arise as a challenge that must be overcome so that the learning process does not boring.  To make the learning process as not boring we can do:

1.      Interspersed with the rest if you feel tired or bored start continuous learning, it's worth having breaks. Suppose each study 1 hour, rest about 10 minutes. We can do it while out first from the study room, grab a drink or a snack, but do not forget to return again for learning.

2.      Set the Space Learning Leisure classrooms can also make us become good learning atmosphere. Do not let the messy room, first trim items such disheveled, if it is neat to be more extensive plasticity and fresh.

d.      The development of Education of Culture and National Character

In accordance with the Statute (the Statute 1945) of the National Education System (Education), the national education serves to develop and form the character and civilization of dignity in the context of the intellectual life of the nation, aimed at developing students' potentials in order to become a man of faith and fear of God Almighty, noble, healthy, knowledgeable, capable, creative, independent, and become citizens of a democratic and responsible (Article 3 of the Education Law). To perform its functions and achieve educational goals above, governments, schools, and community certainly has a very important role and strategic. This important role is expected to work synergistically and support each other so that the achievement of the goals of national education above can be realized optimally by the Indonesian people. This effort would not be separated from the culture, and character of the Indonesian nation itself.

Function of education of culture and national character are as follows :

1.      Development

the development potential of learners to be personally well behaved; is for learners who have had an attitude and behavior that reflects the culture and character of the nation.

2.      Repairs

strengthening national education gait to be responsible in the development of potential learners more dignified.

3.      Filter

to filter their own national culture and the culture of other nations that are not in accordance with the cultural values ​​and character of a dignified nation.

                      Meanwhile, educational of culture and character of the nation is as follows:

1.    Developing the potential of the heart / conscience / affective learners as human beings and citizens who have cultural values ​​and national character.

2.    Develop the habits and behavior of students is commendable and in line with universal values ​​and cultural traditions of religious nation.

3.    Instill leadership and responsibility of learners as the future generation.

4.    Develop the ability of learners to be human is independent, creative, insightful nationality.

5.    Develop environment of school life as a learning environment that is safe, honest, full of creativity and friendship, as well as with high sense of nationality and full strength (dignity).

e.    Teaching Method

teaching is a complex endeavor that it is difficult to determine how well the actual teaching. in carrying out a study should be at the start with lesson planning activities, planning has an important function for learning becomes more focused, in the planning of learning many aspects that must be considered by teacher. Guru as a source of learning is obliged to provide a creative learning environment for learning students in the class. One of the activities that must be done is to carry out the determination and selection methods. One method used by the teacher must absolutely in control, so that the user can create an atmosphere of educational interaction. To avoid saturation and the cessation of interest in students to convey the lesson that teachers should use a variety of methods.

So, when we are teaching in the classroom, we can’t use one method but we should use a variety of methods and should be match with the variety characeristic of the student.

f.     The Use of High Technology in Education.

Technology is needed in the construction. Development is all human activities to meet the needs and improve their living standards. Due to improving the standard of living, developing human through education technology. Then put on the results obtained and developed technologies to assist and develop education. So, through education, humans produce technology and with human technology to develop education. That is, each educational institution will try to be able to use the results of technology in education.

g.    There is Efforts to Look for Profits Through Education

At present and will probably continue every human being wants whatever it does produce economic benefits. It also happened in education, so that it becomes the education industry. This means, education providers that invest in educational institutions are trying to benefit from the institution under its management. And an attempt to gain the advantage, making the learners will pay a premium to the organizers of education. If that happens, then education has become the education industry, will produce or make those trying to regain losses due to pay dearly for education. As a result of the effort to get back, will produce a greedy man who only profit oriented economy, selfish, materialistic, corruption, collusion, nepotism, manipulation and harm the public interest, and disrupt life and community life.

h.   The lack of Facilities and Infrastructure

        The lack of state budget for the improvement of education and welfare educators, also merupakaan ketidakmajuan contribution to education in various regions in Indonesia. In many places in Indonesia, was found damaged schools and lack of facilities  only two or three teachers who teach classes for all children of school age do not have the opportunity to learn, due to various social and economic constraints, and so forth. So, if  we got the lack of facilities we wiil got difficult to convey material as well as the student, the student will be uncomfortable to learn.