Anti Corruption Perception and Modeling: A Critical Study among Educational Institutions in Pacitan, Indonesia

Abstract

Corruption becomes a central issue in Indonesia grounding from the accurate portrayal of data and information. However, the consistent action must be taken into account. Therefore, the critical discussion in this research aims at; (a) analyzing perceptions and awareness of anti-corruption understanding of school civitas among educational institutions in Pacitan, Indonesia; (b) formulating useful modeling for anti-corruption education in Pacitan, Indonesia; (c) establishing implementation strategy of the anti-corruption education in Pacitan, Indonesia. Moreover, the use of action research is a well-established method in this research. The researcher took the data from March to April 2018. The number of respondents was 159 people, consisting of 70 men and 89 women, scattered in junior and senior high school. The further findings revealed that; (1) respondents' perceptions and awareness of anti-corruption education are perfect, that is 89% of those who responded; (2) Teenager Corruption Watch (TCW) is a valid model for anti-corruption education in Pacitan, Indonesia. It can be viewed from 87% of respondents who admitted very satisfied with this TCW model, and 23% somewhat disagree for the rest; (3) the implementation strategy of the anti-corruption education is carried out through role-play based TCW in education institutions of Pacitan Regency, Indonesia. Thus, the majority of the school civitas in Pacitan regency have understood that corruption is a cruel act, which is denied and condemned for its existence. The TCW model became one of the practical learning strategies in preventing, as well as against corruption at educational institutions in Pacitan.