Inovasi Penyelenggaraan Pemerintah Daerah Dalam Urusan Pendidikan Di Ibukota Provinsi Papua Tengah

Abstract

Decentralization gives regions a lot of space to be creative and innovate both politically and
administratively. This opportunity was utilized by the city government in Nabire Province to meet
the basic needs of its citizens, namely increasing access and quality of public services in the
education sector. The local government responded to these demands. This is done through various
educational policies and innovative programs, the use of the concept of innovation in the
administration of regional government is of course appropriate to the latest developments in public
administration theory which places innovation as an effective tool and solution for solving
increasingly complex social problems. Empirically, in the world of education, there are phenomena
such as poor accessibility, high costs and also low quality of education, causing the low level of
education in Nabire's HDI to remain low. This phenomenon is the main reason why local
government innovation in the field of education is important. Based on this idea, this research was
conducted to answer two problem formulations and clarify the focus of the research, namely: (1) the
innovation program development process; (2) a typology of innovation programs was developed.
This research used a qualitative approach, data was obtained from interviews, observation and
documentation using spiral model data analysis. This research resulted in a process for developing
educational innovation programs through (1) a policy process (regulatory function) and a typology
of innovative programs, including Children's Education Studio (SPA), Free Education and
Education Working Group. The discussion uses research findings, especially theories and concepts
that are important for the development of innovation in the public sector, government discoveries
as a means of analyzing research findings. Based on the results of this analysis, it can be concluded
that there are several things that can be done, namely first, the process of developing educational
themed innovation programs is carried out through a political process, namely policy making
(regulation) and an administrative/management process, namely policy implementation
(management). Theoretically, apart from that, the policy formulation and innovation program
implementation process must also be carried out in a carefully innovative manner. The policymaking process of the regional government and DPRD in developing innovation must be carried
out democratically, participatively and responsively as well as in the management process.
Administration of regional bureaucracy and school units must also be carried out effectively and
efficiently and financially. Second, a good typology of government innovation programs comes from
internal and external regional government partners which are adopted by an innovation
reproduction strategy so that innovation programs in regional government like this do not last
forever containing the value of new discoveries (novels), but regional government innovation
programs must do the following. This has value in improving public services. Finally, based on the
three analysis findings above, research recommendations are made, namely: The development of
educational innovation programs must be supported by political processes and also innovation
management/management processes, innovation programs can be obtained from internal and
external management partners with replication strategies through approval processes, development
of local government innovation policies and programs can be effective in the short and long term
long term, if supported by innovative capacity which includes innovative management, quality
hardware (task force), strong structures and systems and the ability to manage external influences
(politics and networks) and planning national innovation policies and programs.