ANALISIS KOLABORASI PENGELOLAAN PENDIDIKAN ANAK USIA DINI HOLISTIK INTEGRATIF

Abstract

This study aims to analyze collaborative practices between institutions in the provision of Holistic and Integrative Early Childhood Education (HI PAUD) services in Enonapi Village, South Central Timor Regency. HI PAUD is viewed as a strategic approach to achieving comprehensive basic child services, including education, health, nutrition, care, and child protection. The main focus of the study is to explore how collaboration between local actors, village institutions, and cross-sectoral interventions promotes the implementation of HI PAUD, as well as to examine the challenges and gaps that arise in practice. The research method used is a qualitative case study, with data collection techniques including in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis. Data were analyzed using the interactive analysis model of Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña (2014) and a thematic approach with open and axial coding. The results indicate that HI PAUD has been institutionalized through Village Regulations and the establishment of a HI PAUD Sub-Task Force. Collaboration between institutions such as PAUD units, Integrated Service Posts (Posyandu), BKB, KPAD, village government, and development partners is active, although still informal and dependent on external initiatives. Practices such as cross-gender parenting, the use of local foods, the Youth Integrated Service Post (Posyandu Remaja), and health education have shown positive changes in early childhood care patterns and services. However, key challenges include unequal support for state-owned early childhood education institutions (PAUD), suboptimal formal cross-sectoral coordination, and low program literacy among implementers. This study concludes that HI PAUD in Enonapi Village has grown as a community-based service ecosystem but is not yet fully established institutionally. Strengthening operational regulations, a structured village action plan, and cross-sectoral coordination and evaluation mechanisms are needed to ensure a sustainable and inclusive collaborative model.

Keywords: HI PAUD, Inter-Institutional Collaboration, Educational Decentralization, Community Care, South Central Timor Regency.