The Surabaya City
Study Activity Center (SKB) is a form of Out-of-School Education. Surabaya City
SKB has several problems, there are learning materials that contain skills in the curriculum
are still very limited in terms of time allocation and learning load, there is
no competency test for skills acquired by learning residents, and in general
the technical resource persons recruited by the organizers do not meet the
requirements. Based on these problems, the researcher wanted to know about the
management, inhibiting and supporting factors of the vocational program at
Surabaya City SKB in meeting the learning needs of students.
To find out these
problems, this study used a qualitative approach with a descriptive analysis
writing method. Data collection techniques in this study are by using in-depth
interviews, participatory observation, and documentation. The research subjects
were administrators, students, educators, and the educational institutions of
the SKB City of Surabaya. To improve the results of the research, the results
of the research were carried out through a data validity test, namely a
credibility test using triangulation of sources and member checks,
transferability tests, dependability tests, and confirmability tests.
The results of the
study show that the Management of Vocational Programs Based on Learning Needs
for Students is managed based on aspects of the management function, namely
planning, organizing, implementing, and supervising that can run well. In the
process of managing the vocational program which is associated with efforts to
meet the learning needs of students, it has also been running effectively.
However, several things that became obstacles in the implementation of the
vocational program at the Surabaya City SKB were the limitations of quality
sources, infrastructure, and depth of material. This is because Surabaya City
SKB still relies on cooperation with partners and cannot be independent.
Keywords: Management of Vocational Programs, Learning
Needs of Students