EFL Teachers of Junior High School Readiness in Applying “Merdeka Curriculum”

Abstract

Curriculum is the heart of schools’ activity. It influences what will the students learn, experience and what kinds of output will the schools have. Meanwhile, the students’ conditions are always change time after time. Therefore, the curriculum needs to be aligned with the students. In the pandemic situation which changes the way the teaching-learning process, there is a fact that the online learning caused “learning loss”. This condition threats the students’ achievement. The government released “Merdeka curriculum” as a solution to overcome the problem. The teacher as the “main actor” in doing the curriculum must have good understanding about it. Therefore, the research was conducted to know the EFL teachers of Junior high school readiness in the application of “Merdeka curriculum” in their class. The respondents of this research were the EFL teachers of Junior high school in Purbalingga regency. A closed questionnaire was distributed through Whatsapp group to 60 EFL teachers. The result showed that 72, 08% EFL teachers were ready to apply “Merdeka curriculum”.