The The Role of Principal to Realizing Merdeka Curriculum in Vocational High Schools

Abstract

Curriculum changes often occur in Indonesia. The role of the principal is the key to the successful implementation of the curriculum in schools. The scope of this research discusses the role of the principal as a policy maker in schools. This research method uses Literature Review with a Systematic Review approach. This study uses a variety of approaches to the results of previous studies. Based on the results of the study, there are seven findings that need to be played by school principals in realizing an independent curriculum in vocational high schools, including educators, managers, administrators, supervisors, leaders, entrepreneurs, and climate creators. This study identified 25 codes from 31 citations. These codes are categorized based on the role of the principal into seven categories of findings.