Title:
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON MERDEKA LEARNING MERDEKA CAMPUS: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE IN INDONESIAN EDUCATION POLICY

Authors:
MF. Arrozi; Arief Kusuma AP; Erry Yudhya Mulyani; Rian Adi Pamungkas; Ummanah

Abstract:
The educational issue of the Indonesian people is that literacy skills are still low, and they need answers from Merdeka Learn Campus Merdeka to improve the quality of Human Resources through digital skills and creative thinking. The study aimed to describe the empirical evidence regarding the students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of MBKM policy implementation on learning outcomes. Qualitative research was approached in this study. The research object is the policy of independent learning on an independent campus. All students who took part in this program from Esa Unggul University were selected using stratified random sampling. We analyzed the information from the respondents using the content analysis approaches. The results showed that the student's perceptions of the implementation of the MBKM program were effectively based on the expectations of students. The performance of the MBKM program, regardless of policies, mechanisms, and benefits of MBKM implementation more than 70%. The implementation of MBKM among students is beneficial. It was due to improving the competence and skills of students as a provision to work after graduation. The implication of the research is optimizing student involvement as mandatory for the achievement of the Main Performance Indicators of higher education.

Keywords:
Independent Learning Independent Campus, Student Perception

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2022.5202