Analysis of Smart Card Implementation at School

Abstract

This research aims to show the results of educational planning in digital era in the form of implementing Smart Card and using school application that implemented at a Madrasah Aliyah in Kabupaten Bandung. Methods in this research is qualitative descriptive. In addition to making observations, the researcher also conducted interviews with the principal and gave questionnaires to teachers about the preparation and implementation of Smart Card in that school. The findings show that the demands of the digital era for education in that high school have not been fully implemented yet, both by school residents or local communities who have various obstacles. Obstacles that founded include the unavailability of human resources that focus on managing Smart Card system in school, parents who don’t understand the Smart Card system, parents who don’t have smartphone/gadget to acces the system, and the absence of internet acces at parent’s house. This research can be used as information and examples of cases that occur in the implementation of technology in the digital era.