Optimizing The Service Of Teaching Factory For Industrial Chemistry At Vocational High Schools In Indonesia Using The System Of Local Public Service Agency

Abstract

The Government of Indonesia has tried to implement the system for public service with a flexible financial management pattern by using the system of Local Public Service Agency (LPSA) in an effort to optimize service at Public Vocational High Schools (PVHS) in Indonesia since 2018. To oversee its implementation and analyze its impact, this research tried to explore some efforts to optimize the service of teaching factory for industrial chemistry using the system of local public service agency for VHS using a flexible financial management. This research used the descriptive method of research with the qualitative approach. It was conducted at 20 PVHS in the province of East Java, Indonesia which implement the system of LPSA by involving school principals, financial management officers, treasurers, and teachers involved in the LPSA’s management. The result of the research shows that the optimization of the service of teaching factory for industrial chemistry went down some steps, including teaching students’ particular academic subjects, grouping students for production practices to develop their senses of responsibility, estimating the cost in accordance with the budget, manufacturing products to the developed design, and doing both direct marketing and online marketing by making use of social media. Eventually, PVHS succeeded in optimizing teaching factory for industrial chemistry by using the system of LPSA to improve the facilities and infrastructure of students' learning processes.