Adaptive Structuration Process In The Education Of Indonesian Migrant Workers' Children (Case study in 9th Grade of Junior High School in CLC Kundasang, CLC Ribu Bonus, and Sekolah Indonesia Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia)
The lack of education for Indonesian Migrant Workers' (TKI) children is becoming a concern. There are some barriers which can interfere the children with having higher education, such as the illegal status of their parents and the weak coordination between the agent and the agency. The study aims to analyze the process of communication through the agent, agency, the produced and reproduced the structure of the system and examine the particular reason behind the forming of such a system. The study utilizes a constructivist paradigm which collects the data by case study and literature study: the researcher obtained the data through interviewing and receiving the valid document in Sabah Malaysia. The result shows that the illegal status of their parents is a serious problem for the children to gain higher education. The parents' status prevents the children from getting the citizenship rights and a set of documents such as the passport, resident cards, study permits, and so forth. Therefore, this study represented the structure that is produced and reproduced by the Indonesian Migrant Workers (TKI) opposing the law and had inhibited the children to get into the next level of education. Keywords adaptive structuration; education; Indonesian migrant workers