ABSTRACT: Education is a manifestation of human culture since the beginning of life. Education should be designed, so that humans are able to lead a quality life. This certainly requires a dynamic effort and loaded with developments, including changes essential values of human life and livelihood. These improvements should be considered at all levels of education. These improvements not only strives to improve on the lowest level, but should also at the highest level. These improvements would involve all components of the education institution, in the formal sense. This study aimed to assess the role of the community in applying social capital to improve the quality of the school. The method used a qualitative approach to the subject of the constructivist school principal, teachers, caretakers of cottage/dormitory, school committees, and students. The object of social capital is to support the efforts to improve the quality of schools. Data collected through interviews, documentation, and FGD (Focus Group Discussion). The validity of the data is being analyzed is done by reducing, classifies, interprets, and verifies the data obtained from the field. The results showed that social capital owned by Junior High School VIP (“Versi Integrasi Pesantren” or Islamic Boarding School Integration Version) Al-Huda in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia on trust, collaboration, and social and cultural values. Trust is built based on responsibility and attention. Trust is, then, performed well based on sincerity. Cooperation is built on communication, involvement, and coordination. So, social capitals are applied properly and done with the maximum, it will have the support of all parties.

KEY WORDS: Social capital, quality of the school, junior high school, school principal, teachers, caretakers of cottage/dormitory, school committees, and students.

About the Author: Kartono is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of History Education, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training UMP (Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto) in Central Java, Indonesia. For academic interests, the author can be contacted via e-mail at: ahmadump@yahoo.co.id

How to cite this article? Kartono. (2015). “Social Capital and Quality Improvement at the Junior High School VIP Al-Huda in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies, Vol.7(2) February, pp.147-160. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press and UMP Purwokerto, ISSN 1979-7877.

Chronicle of the article: Accepted (November 21, 2014); Revised (December 29, 2014); and Published (February 28, 2015).

social capital; quality of the school; junior high school; school principal; teachers; caretakers of cottage/dormitory; school committees; students

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