OPTIMALISATION OF TEACHING BY LEARNING GROUPS TO REALIZE INDEPENDENT EQUALITY EDUCATION

Abstract

The learning groups has a role that is no less important when compared to formal educational institutions, namely realizing one of the goals of the Indonesian state, namely educating the nation’s life (Al-Tabany, 2014). At this time, many learning groups have been formed. However, they have not been registered with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology as non-formal educational institutions motivated by limited financial, technological, and human resources. These limitations prevent learning groups from applying the teaching to realize self-equity education using qualified technology. This research will answer the circumstances and constraints that occur in the teaching process by the study group and provide ideas to realize equal and independent education and teaching, especially by the learning groups in terms of rules and policies. The method used is reform-oriented research with a socio-legal research approach because this research is related to law and social sciences. Research shows that several learning groups, especially in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, are still experiencing severe obstacles in implementing education and teaching due to limited human, technological, and financial resources. The new Merdeka Belajar curriculum still has not touched the study group, so it can be said that education in Indonesia in the non-formal education path through learning groups has not been evenly distributed and comprehensive. Efforts that can be taken to create independent and equal education to achieve educational equity are the formulation of policies by the Government regarding the implementation of the Merdeka Belajar curriculum for every form in every educational path, especially learning groups in non-formal education.