Students' readiness to learn in the a five-day school policy in the public senior high school of yogyakarta

Abstract

The Indonesian government has implemented a five-day school policy, which resulted in the extension of the students' learning period at school. Previously, students learned at school from 07.00 to 13.30. Now, students stay longer at school, which is until 15.30. From the perspective of the students' readiness, the policy is interesting to study. Psychologically, students have a short span of learning concentration. The research aims to analyze the students' learning readiness in the implementation of a five-day school policy. The study belongs to the quantitative type by using a survey to collect the data. The samples are 145 students of senior high schools in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (38.6% male, 61.4% female). The instrument is a questionnaire distributed through Google form, and the data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics and product moment. From the results, the school must establish a policy to improve the students' readiness, particularly the students' attention. The policies can be adopted in the curriculum management and fun learning activities. An advanced study is necessary by employing more various samples, involving schools from several demographics, both private and public, either in the city or in the village. It is to gain representative aspirations for the government in evaluating the five-day school policy.