Implementation of Regional Public Service Agency Management at State Vocational High School 5 Mataram, Indonesia

The Regional Public Service Agency (BLUD) at Vocational High Schools (SMK) is the government's encouragement to make Vocational Schools more effective, efficient and productive. Through the Vocational School revitalization program and teaching factory learning, Vocational Schools are encouraged to become BLUDs. The emergence of Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 79 of 2018 concerning Regional Public Service Bodies provides an excellent opportunity for State Vocational Schools to implement the BLUD governance pattern under the guidance of the regional government through the education and culture service. The main requirement for a Vocational School to become a BLUD is to fulfil substantive, technical, and administrative requirements. This research aims to describe how BLUD management is implemented at SMK Negeri 5 Mataram. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods using data sources like observations, interviews and supporting documents. The informants in this research were the BLUD management team at SMK Negeri 5 Mataram. The research results show that the management of BLUD at SMK Negeri 5 Mataram has implemented a good management process to improve school performance. The obstacles to managing this BLUD are the lack of administrative staff, strengthening coordination between management elements, and preparing SOPs for employees and students in teaching factory learning and SOPs for business activities. The importance of support from the local government to support BLUD services must be more severe so that business planning and implementation can be maximally realized with a contribution from the revenue budget to start managing BLUD as capital to develop the business.