<![CDATA[This research aims to identify and describe the impact of implementing the advantages, benefits, and negative perceptions of the Merdeka Curriculum in schools and madrasas. This research is library research with a qualitative approach. Data was obtained from three sources “Google Scholar,” “ScienceDirect,” and “DOAJ.” The findings in this discussion are: First, an independent curriculum has many benefits for teachers, schools and madrasas. This includes increasing teacher creativity in teaching, learning flexibility that can be adapted to individual needs, and school and madrasah autonomy to design curricula that suit student potential and local conditions. Second, the benefits of the Independent Curriculum are increasing student creativity and independence, giving teachers freedom in choosing teaching approaches, giving schools freedom in designing the curriculum, and integrating contextual learning relevant to the social environment and students’ real lives. Third, the negative impacts of an independent curriculum include unclear understanding of the material, uneven availability of resources, unequal distribution of time there is pressure to choose a field of study, and its influence on the social environment. To overcome this impact, more equal teacher training is needed, more intensive guidance for students in choosing subjects, provision of equal educational resources across schools and madrasas, and balancing the allocation of study time to prevent disparities in academic achievement.]]>
