EXPECTATIONS AND CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTATION INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM: A CASE STUDY

This research aims to find out the effectiveness of the implementation of inclusive education programs at the level of middle-high school (SMP) in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. Qualitative approachwas used by applied countenance evaluation model to investigate in what extent of the inclusive education programs have been implemented. The main data of this study consisted of: (a) the component of preparation (antecedents) of the implementation of inclusive education programs evaluation, (b) the component of process (transactions) of the implementation of inclusive education programs evaluation, and (c) the component of products (outcomes) of the implementation of inclusive education programs evaluation at the level of middle-high (SMP) school in Banjarmasin. The subjects of this research were consisted of headmaster, teachers of field study,supervising teachers, school committee, and students? parents of inclusive education program.The results showed that (a) the component of the preparation (antecedents) had not planned well, (b) the component of process (transaction) did not been running effectively, and (c) the component of products (outcomes) as well as the results of the implementation of inclusive education were not been maximized. Thus, some further actions are needed to be taken by stakeholders and parents in enhancing the effectiveness of implementation of inclusive education programs.