The Quality of School Life of Vocational High School Implementing Long-Distance Learning (A Case Study of “X” Vocational High School in Jakarta During the Covid-19 Pandemic)

Abstract

X vocational high school Jakarta, which is located in the central city of the Indonesian economy with a variety of industries, is a vocational school in the field of accounting and office administration. The role of vocational education in preparing students as human resources needed in the job market, requires a good quality of school life. The quality of school life is a student's view of satisfaction and experiences at school. This study examined the quality of school life at X Vocational High School Jakarta which conducted long distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.This study is a descriptive quantitative study which uses Quality of School Life measuring instrument by Ainley & Bourke in Leonard (2002) which have been modified to adapt to remote learning situations during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study involved 118 students of X Vocational High School Jakarta consisting of 50 male participants and 68 female participants. The results found a mean of 2.7796, indicating that the quality of school life is high. In addition, open-ended questions were asked by the authors to draw a picture of long distance learning from the students' point of view. The analysis of open-ended questions shows that students are comfortable with long distance learning due to the effectiveness and efficiency of the study time. However, the assignments and the process of delivering the material is the drawback of long distance learning, according to students