THE EFFECT OF THE MERDEKA CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOP AT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION LEVEL ON SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN BOGOR DISTRICT

The Merdeka Curriculum at Early Childhood Education level can be a guide for educators in undergoing the learning process. The Merdeka Curriculum is expected to provide convenience and flexibility, and focus on essential material in the foundation phase to develop learner competencies. Some educational institutions in Bogor District are still using the Curriculum of 2013 because these institutions do not know the development of the Merdeka Curriculum thoroughly and still face difficulties in accepting the new curriculum. This study aims to determine the effect of the Merdeka Curriculum Implementation Workshop on Early Childhood Education units in several sub-districts within Bogor District, West Java. The method used for this research is the survey method. The research sample amounted to 30 participants from Early Childhood Education schools in Bogor District. The research went through a pretest stage, then a workshop process and a post-test stage as a reflection; so as to obtain the level of understanding and use of the Merdeka Curriculum as a new curriculum in schools. The results of this study show that the application of the Merdeka Curriculum as a national curriculum in early childhood education units in Bogor District is increasing as expected with an achievement of 86,7 %. The level of understanding and use of the Merdeka Curriculum assessment for workshop participants also showed good and optimal results as expected.