MyUNNES-Parent: A Parental Involvement App for Preventing Academic and Non-Academic Student Issues at Universitas Negeri Semarang

Abstract

This study proposes the development of the MyUNNES-Parent application as an integrated solution to facilitate parental monitoring of students' academic progress at Universitas Negeri Semarang. The background of this research is based on 2023 data from the Indonesian Ministry of Education, which shows that the dropout rate in Indonesia has reached 2.8%, with one of the main contributing factors being the lack of parental monitoring. Research by Rahman et al. (2023) revealed that students who are actively monitored by their parents have a 35% higher on-time graduation rate. The proposed system adopts a publish-subscribe architecture using Apache Kafka as its backbone to ensure real-time data synchronisation between academic information systems, student affairs, and the parent application. The system implementation includes the development of a monitoring dashboard, multi-layered security with multi-factor authentication, and integration with existing systems such as Sikadu and MyUNNES-Student. The research methodology follows a Research and Development (R&D) approach using a prototyping development model, carried out in five stages: needs analysis, system design, implementation, testing using the Use Questionnaire method, and evaluation and refinement. This study concludes that the application is highly feasible for enhancing parental engagement in the educational process, which in turn is expected to improve both academic and non-academic student performance, reduce dropout rates, and maintain the privacy of certain student data to prevent unnecessary conflict.