Konsep dan Rancangan Pembangunan "Kampung Beasiswa" Pemerintah Provinsi Sumatera Utara

Abstract

Education is an important element in the quality of human resources, so that it is necessary to
increase the degree of community education. The North Sumatra Province RPJMD 2019-2023
contains Dignity in Education as a mission, and one of its development priorities is the Improvement
and Fulfillment of Access to Education. The Government of North Sumatra plans that the community
can receive education up to the level of higher education. The Gross Enrollment Rate (APK) and
Net Enrollment Rate (APM) of Higher Education in North Sumatra are relatively low. The APK and
APM of Higher Education in North Sumatra in 2020 are 25.76 and 22.20, respectively. This is also
related to the dropout rate, especially at the high school level (SMA and SMK). The dropout rate
for North Sumatra in 2020 for the SMA level is 0.43 and the SMK is 1.10. As a qualitative research,
the data used were both secondary and primary data. Primary data were collected through
questionnaires and limited interviews with randomly selected respondents from students, parents,
teachers and the general public. Secondary data were collected from documents, reports,
releases/books and other references from various sources or agencies. The data were analyzed
descriptively to obtain an overview of the existing conditions and problems to underlie the
preparation of the concept and design of the “Scholarship Village”. In this study, it was found that
people who dropped out of school were generally due to their inability to pay tuition fees and lack
of information about scholarships, the latter regarding the sources of scholarships and how to
access them. For this reason, it is necessary to provide educational assistance in the form of
scholarships and bring closer access to these scholarships for students, to support them to continue
their education up to S1 and even S2 and S3. This was answered with the concept and design of
the Scholarship Village, which was conceptualized as a scholarship information center; English
language training support; and facilitation for students who are prospective scholarship recipients
with scholarship providers or sources, by designing all their needs. These concepts and designs can
be used as guidelines for the development of the Scholarship Village by the Government of North
Sumatra.
Keywords: Education, APK and APM, Scholarships, Concept and design