Governance Policy and Education Financing Strategy to Improve National Education Development

Abstract

Policy occupies a key position in determining the direction of education development in Indonesia. Through the right policies, it is believed to be able to deliver the quality of education in a better direction. For this reason, an appropriate financing strategy is needed so that the policy can be implemented optimally. The purpose of this article aims to analyse how government policies manage educational development. The research method used is literature review. The results showed that the policies implemented by the government were top-down policies based on environmental needs with a budgeting financing strategy. The implication of the findings of this study is that it can provide an overview to education practitioners regarding the policies taken by the government as well as the financing strategies undertaken by the government to advance Indonesian education in accordance with the mandate of the National Education System Law No. 20 of 2003.