An Evaluation of Educational Digitalization Policies to Accelerating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in West Sumatra

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10.2991/978-2-38476-489-1_9How to use a DOI?

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Policy Evaluation; Educational Digitalization; ESD; Responsiveness; Adequacy

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the policy of educational digitalization in accelerating the achievement of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in West Sumatra. The evaluation was conducted using six indicators: effectiveness, efficiency, accuracy, adequacy, equity, and responsiveness. The research employed a quantitative approach with a descriptive-evaluative design. Data were collected through a Likert-scale questionnaire (1–5) distributed to 300 respondents, consisting of junior high school principals and teachers from 12 districts/cities in West Sumatra. Data analysis was carried out using quantitative descriptive statistics with the help of SPSS, including calculations of means, percentages, and frequencies, and was presented in tables and charts. The results showed that the effectiveness indicator obtained the highest average score (4.03/high category), while responsiveness ranked the lowest (3.79/fairly high category). Other indicators were within the fairly high to high categories, indicating that educational digitalization has been running quite well, although gaps in infrastructure, technical support, and local content relevance remain as major challenges. This study emphasizes that educational digitalization contributes positively to learning quality and the acceleration of ESD, but requires strengthening in equity, responsiveness, and teacher capacity. Recommendations are directed toward improving infrastructure, providing continuous training, enriching ESD-based content, and implementing more participatory and contextual policy strategies to achieve equitable and sustainable education in West Sumatra.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rusdinal Rusdinal
AU  - Sulastri Sulastri
AU  - Syahril Syahril
AU  - Mufarrihul Hazim
AU  - Muhammad Turhan Yani
AU  - Syunu Trihanto
AU  - Hendri Budi Utama
AU  - Hade Afriansyah
AU  - Ranti Meizatri
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/11/24
TI  - An Evaluation of Educational Digitalization Policies to Accelerating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in West Sumatra
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Science and Teacher Education (ICESTE 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 102
EP  - 113
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-489-1_9
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-489-1_9
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