Empowering the Principal of Boarding House-Based Junior High School in East Java Province Indonesia

Abstract

This research aimed to know the level of empowerment of the principal of boarding house-based Junior High School in East Java, Indonesia. The research method used in this research was a descriptive quantitative method. This research was conducted in boarding house-based Junior High School in East Java Province, Indonesia. The samples were taken using a stratified random sampling technique. The research subjects were principals. The research instrument used was the questionnaire measuring the level of the empowerment of the principal with 61 items of the question. The data analysis employed was descriptive statistic by calculating the mean, standard deviation, and descriptive analysis of the category of each from 61items scores. The level of the empowerment of the principal was determined based on the high categorized-percentage from the descriptive analysis result of the category of each item namely it is high if it is ≥ 50%, and it is low if it is < 50%. Based on the descriptive analysis, the mean was 4.31 and the standard deviation was 0.46. The descriptive analysis results of every item category were from 61 items, there were 29 items (47.54%) categorized high while the rests were 32 items (52.46%) in the low category. Besides, the results showed that the level of empowerment of the principal was lowly categorized (47.54%).

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