TEACHER CHARACTER AND EDUCATION QUALITY IN SOUTH SULAWESI: A PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The challenges and problems to realize quality education are getting bigger. Strengthening the character of students through professional and characterful teachers will support quality education. All levels of government, including in South Sulawesi, are committed to the emergence of civilized teachers. Governor Regulation (Pergub) Number 145 of 2017 concerning Teacher Manners and several other state and government regulations are public policies that are oriented towards the ethical, moral and character values ​​of teachers as educators. This study aims to analyze the profile, context, and substance of the policy as well as the sociological dimensions in the Pergub and various other government regulations.

This study uses normative legal methods and literature studies, by examining the substance of government regulations and analyzing various relevant documents. The results of the study indicate that Pergub Number 145 of 2017 is a public policy on character education. Hierarchically, there are several government policies as references, including Presidential Regulation Number 87 of 2017, Regulation of the Minister of National Education Number 23 of 2015 and South Sulawesi Provincial Regulation Number 2 of 2016. There are several policy aspects in the Pergub, namely policy hierarchy, policy objectives, policy substance, policy implementers, policy targets, details of policy activities, and policy resources. Several regional officials, school leaders, teachers and community members are policy actors. In addition, there are several sociological aspects regulated in the Pergub. The emergence of civilized students through civilized teachers is a policy issue. The provincial government, DPRD, educational organizations and institutions outside the government related to the issue of character education are policy institutions. The public's hope for better quality education through civilized teachers and students is a policy environment. There are several policy substances in the gubernatorial regulation that need to be improved.