Abstract

The internal quality assurance system (IQAS) of the secondary education unit is a quality assurance system which involves all components in the education unit. However, IQAS seemed to be scarcely heard in many private schools, including that of the Islamic private high schools in Mataram -West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The purpose of this research is to find out to what extent do teaching staffs, school principals, and other members of the education unit understand and apply the IQAS in their schools so that the quality of the process as well as the learning outcomes of the students could be equivalent with what have been established at public schools. Using qualitative descriptive method, data were collected through document, questionnaires, and interviews with teachers, principals, and supporting education unit staffs. The results of the study claimed that the teaching staff and education unit as a whole did not fully understand the IQAS of the secondary education unit. IQAS programs were not well organized to meet the national education standards. All school members did neither have a good understanding of IQAS nor a good quality assurance team. Consequently, school programs did not lead to gradual quality improvement to achieve or even exceed the national education standards.

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