This research aims at exploring the implementation of Education Programme for People (Program Pendidikan Rakyat), or well known as Prodira, in senior high schools within Gorontalo province. The analysis emphasizes the aspects of the implementation of the program involve context, input, process, and product.
An evaluation approach was employed with a descriptive method based on these four aspects well-known as the CIPP model. Data were collected through techniques, such as documentation, interview, and observation. A descriptive qualitative method, which comprised of data reduction, data display, and summing up the analysis, was applied to explore the issue. The data were further validated through (1) measurements of validity, credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability; as well as (2) triangulation of the data.
The research results showed that (1) the overall score of the components of the context of the implementation of Prodira is at 62 percent. (2) The component of input is classified as a supportive category. The percentage for each element is at 76 percent, classified as a supportive category. (3) All the components of the process of the program implementation are at 82 percent, classified as a supportive category. This research urges an immediate action from the regional government to implement Prodira and prioritize the education program to raise both the net enrollment rate (APM) and gross enrollment ratio (APK) on all levels of education; these are to effectively conduct Prodira as well as promoting the continuity of the learning process. Therefore, disbursement of the funds must not be delayed.