The Politics of Education Policy-Making Process: Case study Corruption in the Examinations for Selection of OBCE Assistant Teacher during 2008-2019

Abstract

The research question of this work is: Corruption in OBCE teacher assistant examinations in 2008-2019, from the civilian government period to the military government period, by comparison, is more or less? And why? This work will be qualitative research and using the public policy-making process theory, good governance theory, and corruption theory to answer questions.

Public opinion may be that the examinations during the military government period were likely to be more corrupt than those during the civilian government period. Democratic civilian governments may be more likely to face scrutiny over their work from the public sector, independent organizations, or the media while authoritarian junta government tend to be difficult to check their work and the actors have little balancing power. This makes the civilian government likely to be more transparent and accountable than the military government.

But preliminary results of this research show that the examinations during the civilian government may have more corruption than during the military government. It may be because the political regime alone may not adequately explain the occurrence of corruption and it is necessary to use other theories to consider the question. But on the other hand, it may be because under a democratic regime the media is able to check the government's work more and it may be because the authoritarian regime in the beginning had strict suppression of corruption.