Cabaran dan isu yang dihadapi dalam pelaksanaan Program Sekolah Lestari di Malaysia (Challenges and issues faced by schools in implementing the Sustainable Schools Program in Malaysia)

Komathy Letchumanan, Rosniza Aznie Che Rose

Abstract


Sekolah Lestari Anugerah Alam Sekitar (SLASS) merupakan satu idea yang dibentuk bagi membudayakan pendidikan alam sekitar dengan menerapkan nilai murni alam sekitar dalam aspek pengurusan, kurikulum, kokurikulum dan penghijauan secara berterusan bagi mewujudkan amalan hidup yang selaras dengan konsep pembangunan lestari. Program ini merupakan program anjuran Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) dan Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) dengan mendapat kerjasama teknikal daripada Institut Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri (JPN), Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) dan Badan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO). Justeru itu, satu kajian telah dijalankan untuk mengenalpasti cabaran dan isu yang dihadapi oleh pihak sekolah semasa pelaksanaan Program Sekolah Lestari ini. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kualitatif iaitu teknik temubual bersemuka untuk mengumpul data. Teknik persampelan bertujuan digunakan terhadap sembilan orang guru yang merupakan penyelaras program Sekolah Lestari Anugerah Alam Sekitar (SLAAS) di sekolah telah ditemubual menggunakan temubual bersemuka melalui panggilan video untuk mendapatkan maklumat berkaitan dengan cabaran dan isu yang dikenalpasti dalam pelaksanaan program Sekolah Lestari. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan antara cabaran yang dihadapi dalam pelaksanaan program SLAAS adalah: dari segi pengurusan program, kerjasama antara warga sekolah, kekangan masa, kekangan kewangan, dan sokongan ibu bapa serta bantuan agensi luar. Selain itu, terdapat juga beberapa isu yang telah dikenalpasti semasa temubual. Walaupun terdapat pelbagai cabaran dan isu dinyatakan dalam pelaksanaan Sekolah Lestari, namun penerusan program Sekolah Lestari ini akan bakal melahirkan warga sekolah yang peka dan prihatin dengan isu alam sekitar dan akan meningkatkan tahap kesedaran mereka.

Kata Kunci: Cabaran, kekangan masa dan wang, kerjasama warga sekolah, pengurusan program, sokongan ibu bapa, sekolah lestari (SLAAS).

Sustainable School Environment Award (SLASS) is an idea created to inculcate environmental education by instilling environmental values in the areas of management, curriculum, co-curriculum, and green sustainability to create living practices that are in line with the concept of sustainable development. This program is organized by the Department of Environment (DOE) and Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE) with technical cooperation from the Institute of Environment and Development (LESTARI), National University of Malaysia (UKM), State Education Department, Local Authorities (LA) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO). Therefore, a study was conducted to identify the challenges and issues faced by the school during the implementation of the Sustainable Schools Program. The study uses qualitative methods, which use face-to-face interview techniques with video calls to collect data. Purposive sampling techniques aimed at nine teachers, who are coordinators of the Sustainable School Environmental Award (SLAAS) program, were interviewed to obtain information on the challenges and issues identified in the implementation of the Sustainable Schools program. The findings show that the challenges faced in implementing the SLAAS program are in terms of program management, collaboration among the school community, time constraints, financial constraints, and parental support, and external agency assistance. Besides, some issues were identified during the interview. Although there were various challenges and issues identified in the implementation of Sustainable Schools, the continuation of the Sustainable Schools program will raise their awareness and concern for the environment.

Keywords: Challenges, time and money constraints, collaboration among school community, program management, parent support, sustainable schools (SLAAS).    

 


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