Judul: The Classification of Indonesia's Provinces based on Educational Indicators
Abstrak: Keberhasilan usaha pemerintah di bidang pendidikan dapat dievaluasi melalui indikator pendidikan. Ada 18 indilator pendidikan yang memberikan gambaran umum tentang kemampuan komunikasi penduduk, fasilitas pendidikan, dan tingkat partisipasi pendidikan dasar sampai Perguruan Tinggi. Secara nasional, penduduk usia sekolah telah menikmati pendidikan dasar, penduduk yang melek huruf dan mampu berbahasa Indonesia di atas 85%. Pada jenjang pendidikan menengah ternyata fasilitas dan tingkat partisipasi pendidikan belum mendukung peningkatan kualitas sumberdaya manusia dalam memasuki abad ke dua puluh satu. Dengan metode hirarki Pautan Rataan dan 18 indikator pendidikan ternyata dua puluh tujuh propinsi di Indonesia terpilah menjadi 9 Kelompok. Propinsi DKI Jakarta (gerombol IX) adalah propinsi dengan tingkat keberhasilan pembangunan pendidikan yang terbaik dibandingkan dengan keadaannya secara nasional kemudian diikuti oleh propinsi Sulawesi Utara (gerombol V). Sebaliknya, propinsi yang sangat perlu mendapat perhatian dalam pembangunan pendidikan adalah Timor Timur (gerombol VIII), kemudian NTT, NTB, Kalimantan Barat, Sulawesi Selatan, dan Irian Jaya (gerombol II), dan juga Jawa Tengah dan Jawa Timur (gerombol IV), serta Lampung (gerombol VII). Propinsi Yogyakarta dan Bali (gerombol VI) adalah propinsi-propinsi yang keberhasilan pembangunan pendidikannya sedikit di bawah rata-rata nasional sedangkan propinsi-propinsi yang lain (gerombol I dan II) tingkat keberhasilan pendidikannya sama dengan rata-rata nasional, hanya pada jenjang pendidikan menengah lebih rendah dari rata-rata nasional.
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Judul: Pemetaan Provinsi di Indonesia Berdasarkan Peubah-Peubah Pendidikan
Abstrak: This paper provides a general overview about education in Indonesia and mapping of the provinces. The analysis is based on some educational variables, i.e. rough participation rate, pure participation rate, school participation, illiteracy rate, repetition rate, drop-outs rate and the average school duration. Provincial mapping is conducted by biplot analysis, which gives the following results. Based on the proximity among province and the interrelationship of province with educational variables, the provinces can be grouped into seven groups for elementary school, six groups for junior high school, and six groups for senior high school. The province of Papua has the highest illiteracy rate at all education levels being considered, i.e. elementary, junior, as well as senior high schools. On the other hand, the provinces of West Sumatra and West Papua have relatively high repetition rate. Moreover, the provinces of Jambi and Central Sulawesi have average values on all variables. This provincial mapping is expected to provide input in identifying the advantages and disadvantages of each province in order to improve the quality of national educational.
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Judul: Mud Crab’s (Scylla serrata Forskal 1775) Response to Different Decaying Level of Gold Snail (Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck 1822) Bait.
Abstrak: Mud crab is well known as omnivorous-vigorous-voracious-opportunistic-scavenger. These intertidal animals applies mainly chemoreception in their predatory behaviour. It has been commonly assumed that non fresh gold snail bait is better than fresh bait in stimulating the mud crab. This research's aim is to analyze mud crab response to different decaying level of gold snail bait. Their response were observed as time required to touch the bait and pattern and direction of the mud crab in approaching the baits. The different decaying level of gold snail baits were shown on Total Volatile Base Nitrogen (TVBN) as 16.3 mg/100g (0 day); 534.1 mg/100g (3 days); and 887.4 mg/100g (6 days). The research was conducted from July 2009 until February 2011. The TVBN test for gold snail baits were conducted at Laboratory of BBPPHP Jakarta. The experiment was conducted in Pemalang. The result showed that the average period of mud crabs to touch the baits were 52.14 minutes; 61.57 minutes and 52.57 minutes. Anova test concluded no sufficient evidence of significant effect of TVBN content of gold snail bait on mud crab’s feeding behaviour. Movement pattern B, i.e. left and right deviation followed by straight forward movement to the bait, was commonly exhibited by the crabs. Consequences of time period required by the mud crab to approach the bait on fishing operation is discussed.
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