1150 Int. j. adv. multidisc. res. stud. 2024; 4(3):1150-1153 Implementation of Child Friendly School Policy: Study in State Junior High School 1 Pesawaran Regency 1 Respaty Rahardian, 2 Susana Indriyati Caturiani, 3 Maulana Agung 1, 2, 3 Faculty of Social Science and Political Science, Lampung University, Bandar Lampung Jl, Soemantri Brodjonegoro. Gd. Meneng, Bandar Lampung, 35145, Lampung, Indonesia DOI: https://doi.org/10.62225/2583049X.2024.4.3.2915 Corresponding Author: Respaty Rahardian Abstract Protecting and providing children rights through child- friendly school as a form of policy made by government. Pesawaran Regency has a regional head, namely the regent, and the regent stipulates Regent Regulation Number 6 of 2021 concerning Child-Friendly School which aims to provide oppurtunities for children to be involved especially in planning, formulating policies, learning processes, supervision, and complaints systems in school, taking into account their age and maturity. Therefore, this research is to describe the implementation of child friendly school policy study in public junior high school 1 Pesawaran Regency by using Edward III elements, namely communication, resources, attitudes/dispositions, and bureaucratic structure. This study uses a qualitative method. The results of this study are that formal communication is done well, while informal communication is still a barrier, such as there are parents who are not included whatsapp group communication. Human resources lack of teacher personnel is less than students and toilet facilities are not clean and washing station are not maintained. Disposition is well done with principal’s commitment to make declarations and the flow complaints. Bureaucratic structure is established through a decree of the child-friendly school. Implementation team, but students are not included in the decree. Keywords: Policy Implementation, Child-Friendly School, Policy Introduction Children play an important role in encouraging development that has an impact on the life of the nation and state and is a determining factor in the quality human resources (Fahmi, 2021) [2] . Incident of child abuse are not only limited to the family environment, but can also occur in schools in both urban and rural area. Every child has the right to be protected from being involved in situations that involve violence. Act of violence in school cause negative changes in the pattern of learning behaviour students or schoolgirls who previously experienced good development (Indraswati et al., 2020) [5] . As a way to protect children and ensure the fullfiment of their rights in the school environment, a child-friendly school policy was a designed as a solution. The policy aims to create a safe, inclusive and supportive environment for students. It is thus expected to provide protection and fulfilment of children’s right in the education environment. Through the implementation of the child-friendly school policy, the main objective is to ensure that children’s basic rights such as the rights to education, health, safety and participation are fulfilled. One of the main points in this policy is to ensure that the learning environment is free from all, forms of violence, discrimination and harassment. During 2023, the Indonesian Child Protection Commision (KPAI) recorded 64 reports of cases of violence against children in educational settings in Indonesia. The violence includes various forms, such as physical violence, bullying, verbal violence, sexual violence, and dicrimnatory treatment (KPAI, 2023) [6] . Furthermore, based on data from FSGI (Federation of Indonesian Teachers’ Unions) in the January-April 2023 timeframe. Fifty per cent of sexual violence cases occurred at the elementary school (SD)/Islamic elementary school (MI) education level, ten per cent occurred at the junior highscool level, and forty pe rcent occurred in boarding school. The incidene of sexual violence cases in educational institutions occurred in five regions of Indonesian, namely: Lampung, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, and DKI Jakarta (FSGI, 2023) [3] . Received: 21-04-2024 Accepted: 01-06-2024