Zoning System Applies, A Total Of 10 Elementary And Junior High Schools In Payakumbuh, West Sumatra Are Affected By The Shortage Of Students

Head of the Payakumbuh City Education Office Dasril. (Between)

PAYAKUMBUH - The Payakumbuh City Education Office, West Sumatra noted that there are 10 elementary schools (SD) and two junior high schools (SMP) in the area that still lack students.

Head of the Payakumbuh City Education Office Dasril said the lack of students for several schools was due to the number of school-age children in the area less than the capacity of the available study groups (rombel).

"Before there was zoning, many of our schools were filled with students from neighboring areas, but now, because they are limited by zoning, the number is minimal," he said in Payakumbuh, Antara, Monday, July 18.

He said there were 66 public elementary schools in the area and 15 private schools. "Of the 66 elementary schools, there are 10 schools with a shortage of students with a grade 1 number of less than 10 students, some of them are quite seriously short of students," he said.

As for the State Junior High School, continued Dasril, there are two schools whose student capacity is not met. There are 10 public junior high schools in Payakumbuh and 10 private junior high schools.

"For the two junior high schools, the shortcomings are not significant. Indeed, the groups provided are not fulfilled. For example, three groups are provided, but only two are fulfilled," he said.

In addition, he said, the unfulfilled quota for state junior high schools was influenced by perceptions of schools and school performance. "Therefore, there are still favorite schools and there are not. This makes there are shortages," he said.

Although there are still public junior high schools whose quotas have not been met, there are no schools that are very short of students because the New Student Admissions system (PPDB) is running quite well.

He said the technical instructions (Juknis) related to PPDB had been issued in April 2022 and were immediately implemented. "Our zoning is good, because it's not only based on Google. We use population data up to the RT. It was discussed from March 2022, so that when the zoning was made it was accurate. The main principle is to save those in the zone first. and transfer of parents," he said.

He said the decline in the number of students from outside the region affected the fulfillment of student quotas at several public junior high schools in Payakumbuh.

With the existence of schools whose rombel quotas have not been met, the Payakumbuh Education Office has transferred teachers with minimal student numbers to schools where the student quota has been met. "We do zoning distribution for teachers who teach in schools whose groups are not fulfilled. The goal is that all teachers get hours," he said.