Description:
Child friendly schools are a dream for every student and parent, because in school students will
get academic learning with a feeling of fun and calm. This study aims to evaluate the real
conditions of primary schools in the city of Banjarmasin in the perspective of Child Friendly
Schools and recommendations regarding the prototype of standard instruments and constructive
criteria to measure the feasibility of schools as Child Friendly Schools with the standards set.
The research method uses R & D techniques with stages: needs analysis, instrument prototype
development, trials for construct validation and dissemination using 31 Elementary Schools in
Banjarmasin City. The instrument of data collection uses a structured questionnaire.
The results of the study show that the measuring instruments for achieving child-friendly schools
include 6 (six) components, namely (1) CFS policy, (2) implementation of the learning process,
(3) Trained Educators and Education Personnel on Child Rights, (4) Infrastructure, (5) children's
participation, (6) participation of parents, community institutions, business world, other
stakeholders. There were 15 schools (48.39%) which were still below the average score and 16
schools (51.61%) were above the average score. The highest achievement level is the Learning
Process Implementation Component (93.3%) and the lowest achievement is the Child
Participation Component (56.68%). Schools have not been able to optimize the role of key
targets to increase children's participation in planning, policy, learning, supervision and
complaints mechanisms related to the fulfillment of children's rights and protection in education.
Keywords: evaluation, child-friendly school, character