Perception of Papua Students on Infrastructure Development in Papua Province

Abstract

The implementation of Special Autonomy needs to be seen in one of the regions in Papua, namely Nduga Regency; Nduga is one of the districts in Papua province with the capital, Kenya, before it became part of the administrative area of Jayawijaya Regency. This district was formed on January 4, 2008, based on Law Number 6 of 2008. However, after being evaluated, the infrastructure sector is one of the sectors that is still late in its development. Among them are the road facilities between the regions still need to be completed, the education facilities are not adequate, there are still many schools that are not available for use, and the health facilities in each district need to be more adequate. This research is descriptive qualitative using Juridical and empirical approaches and selects several informants with purposive sampling, and the data sources used are Primary and secondary. This research is entitled Papuan Students Perceptions of Special Autonomy for Papua Province No. 21 of 2001 Towards Infrastructure Development in Nduga District. The results of this study concluded that several research indicators, such as human resources, need to be improved in quality and encouraged so that infrastructure development is more intensive and adequate. The budget, in general, is reasonable but has yet to provide significant dank. Road infrastructure in some areas of Nduga district is adequate such as the government centre and other districts, but many areas still need to catch up in infrastructure. The education infrastructure has not been evenly distributed; many areas still need adequate educational facilities. Health infrastructure still minimally needs to be improved according to quality and quantity. Economic infrastructure still needs to be improved in Nduga District. Some suggestions, such as a permanent market, still need to be created; in the semi-permanent market, there are two pieces. This research shows that national development is one of the steps the government takes in the context of community welfare. As stated in the 1945 Constitution paragraph IV preamble, namely: protecting the entire Indonesian nation and all Indonesians, advancing the general welfare, educating the nation's life and participating in a world order based on lasting peace and social justice.