Evaluation of the Policies of the Education Office and the Health Office on the Availability of Facilities and the Implementation of UKS in Junior High Schools in the Southern Aceh District, Indonesia

Abstract

The policy and implementation of UKS in South Aceh District Junior High School is an effort to implement school health efforts to maintain and improve the ability to live a healthy life and the health status of students and create a healthy school environment. This study aimed to determine the policy of the Education and Health Office on the organisation and implementation, as well as the availability of infrastructure and funding sources for implementing UKS in South Aceh District Junior High School. This research uses qualitative and quantitative approaches with descriptive research. The subjects of this study were the Education and Health Offices, the head of the health centre, and the school principal. Data collection techniques are conducted through observation and interviews, and technical analysis is used through qualitative analysis, namely reduction, presentation, and verification, while quantitative analysis is the calculation of percentages. The results of the research on the implementation of UKS in junior high schools in the South Aceh district showed that:1) Regulations for the implementation of UKS in the Education Office and Health Office are available, namely Regent Regulation Number 20 of 2021, but the implementation of the policy has not gone as expected from the provisions.2) The organisation of School Health Efforts is structurally apparent, but the implementation management or resource arrangement still has to be addressed so that UKS can run well.3) Implementing the School Health Program has not been running for all junior high schools because not all supporting indicators are available for the UKS to be implemented optimally.4) The availability of facilities and infrastructure supporting the implementation of the UKS is minimal, and even schools do not have a UKS room.5) The availability of funds is still minimal, relying only on BOS funds for the implementation of UKS, and there has been a need for budget planning since the beginning with the basis of laws governing UKS budgeting.