A Case Study: The Local Education Authorities (LEAs) Capacity Support on ICT Integration National Policy in Public Secondary Schools in Kepulauan Riau Province, Indonesia

Abstract

This study addresses the support towards the policy of ICT implementation in public secondary schools from thelocal education authorities (LEAs) as part of society capacity, in case of Kepulauan Riau province, Indonesia. Thestudy involves three sub themes; local policy support, management program, and partnership. Therefore, theresearcher qualitatively gathered the data through semi-structured interview from a number of local governmentstake holders; education commission legislator, the head of education office, and Baltekomdik(Education-Communication Technology Center) office as his participant. The result findings confirm previousresearches that government capacity as external support have serious influence for the successfulness of nationalpolicy implementation of ICT integration in education in Kepulauan Riau province. Therefore, three sub themesfound; local policy, management programs, and partnership should seriously and continually be restructured andinnovated.