PERCEPTION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH TEACHERS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM IN HIGH SCHOOL SPECIES IN SIMALUNGUN REGENCY IN THE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR

This study aims to find out the Perception of Physical Education and Health Teachers Towards the Independent Curriculum in High Schools in Simalungun Regency for the 2024/2025 Academic Year. In this study, perception is interpreted as teachers' views on the Independent Curriculum which is currently the curriculum in Indonesia. This research is aquantitative descriptive research with a survey method. The population of this study is Physical Education and Health teachers in Simalungun. The sampling technique in this study uses simple random sampling with a total sample of 36 Physical Education and Health teachers. Data collection in this study used a questionnaire with perception variables and an independent curriculum which was carried out using a Likert scale. The results of the research analysis found that overall the perception of Physical Education and Health Teachers towards the Independent Curriculum in high schools in Simalungun Regency for the 2024/2025 school year was in the moderate or fairly good category, as many as 0% (0) teachers had a very low perception, 52.8% (19 teachers) had a low perception, 19.4% (7 teachers) had a moderate perception, 11.1% (4 teachers) had a high perception and 16.70% (6 teachers) had a very high perception.