MANAGEMENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS IN FACED WITH CURRENT EDUCATION CHALLENGES IN MALAYSIA

The school was created to systematically implement the education process based on the National Education Philosophy (FPK) to develop the potential of students in a holistic and integrated manner. School is also a place to shape the personality, discipline and potential of students through systematic student affairs management (HEM). Each individual in the school organization is given responsibilities that need to be carried out as best as possible. Nevertheless, the Malaysian Ministry of Education (KPM) found that there is an issue among educators, which is the problem of role ambiguity which has had an impact on the level of student discipline and school achievement in the academic field. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the role and scope of tasks of the HEM unit through a new approach which is the HEM Management Model which was formed as a result of the combination of two approaches introduced by the KPM namely the Malaysian School Governance (MySG) and the second wave Education Quality Standard (SKPMg2) in order to be a reference for all school members. With this model in place, the school management can reduce the ambiguity in the implementation of HEM duties in various aspects including student discipline management, hygiene, safety and health (3K) management, scholarship management, guidance and counseling management, Textbook Loan Scheme (SPBT) management and so on. A clear level of understanding for each task of the HEM unit in addition to the implementation of regulations and specialized circular letters (SPI) by the Ministry of Education and Culture will create an efficient management structure to face various educational challenges today.