Local Wisdom-Based Educational Administration as a Strategy to Strengthen Students’ Cultural Identity

Abstract

Designing eduational administration based on local wisdom possesses strategic potential to strengthen students’ cultural identity. This study aims to identify local cultural values that can be integrated into educational governance. Furthermore, it analyzes the role of administration in shaping students’ cultural identity. The method employed is a literature review of several journal articles published between 2020 and 2025. The review reveals that school policies, reporting systems, regulations, and institutional visual elements can incorporate values such as mutual cooperation, courtesy, deliberation, and local cultural symbols into the administrative system. Educational administration based on local wisdom functions as a medium for cultural value internalization, character formation, institutional identity reinforcement, and cultural preservation documentation.