THE QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT OF GRADUATES IN MA’ARIF NU VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOBOTSARI AND MUHAMMADIYAH 2 VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PURBALINGGA

ABSTRACT A research entitled Quality Assurance Management of Graduates in Ma’aarif NU Vocational High School Bobotsari and Muhammadiyah 2 Vocational High School Purbalingga, has done to find out the formulation of the quality assurance management of graduates, to find out the implementation of the model quality assurance management of graduates, and to find out the evaluation and controlling system the model of the quality assurance management of graduates in Ma’arif NU Vocational High School Bobotsari and Muhammadiyah 2 Vocational High School Purbalingga. The benefits of the research are theoritically expected to contribute ideas for the development of quality assurance management of graduates in vocational high schools. In other words, this study is expected to be a source of discussion and a source of inspiration, and practically, for principals of vocational high school institutions in taking decisions related to the development of vocational high school education institution he leads, as an effort to improve the quality of school management to ensuring the quality of education esspecially quality of the graduates, add knowledge of quality assurance management of graduates. This research was qualitative descriptive research and the subject of the research are principal, vice principal such as curriculum affairs, student affairs, public relations affair, equipments affairs, quality management representative team, teachers, employees and others who can provide information related to the research. This research was conducted using data collection methods such us observation, documentation and interview. The result of research show that Quality assurance management of graduates in Ma'arif NU Vocational High School Bobotsari and muhammadiyah 2 Vocational hig school Purbalingga using the form QMS ISO 9001: 2008, both of using steps according Deming’s 14 Theories to reach quality assurance management of graduates, The assesment of quality assurance management of graduates in Ma’arif NU Vocational High School is through self assesment and external audit. While in Muhammadiyah 2 Vocational High School Purbalingga is through self assesment, fulfillment customer satisfaction, monitoring & measurement, and external audit. Keywords: Total Quality Management, Quality, Quality Assuranc