BACKGROUND
Education in Indonesia is under the
responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of
Religious Affairs. In Indonesia, all citizens must undertake nine years of
compulsory education which consists of six years at elementary level and three
in secondary level. Islamic schools are under the responsibility of the
Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Education is defined as a planned effort
to establish a study environment and education process so that the student may
actively develop his/her own potential to gain the religious and spiritual level,
consciousness, personality, intelligence, behavior and creativity to
him/herself, other citizens and for the nation. The Constitution also notes
that education in Indonesia is divided into two major parts, formal and
non-formal. Formal education is further divided into three levels, primary,
secondary and tertiary education.
Children aged 6–11 attend primary
school, called Sekolah Dasar (SD). Most elementary schools are
government-operated public schools, accounting for nearly 93% of all elementary
schools in Indonesia. Students spend six years in primary school, though some
schools offer an accelerated learning program in which students who perform
well can complete the level in five years.
After completion of the six-year
primary-school program, three years of junior secondary school (JHS) may be
followed by three years of senior secondary school (SHS), or students can
choose among a variety of vocational and pre-professional junior and senior
secondary schools, each level of which requires three years of study.
PROBLEM
Indonesia has made little or no progress
in field of education. Indonesia is more or less still far away from its avowed
goal of education for all the inhabitants of this vast country. The standard of
education is going down day by day. It makes development in our country has a little progress.
Besides that, In Indonesia there is a
lot of dishonesty by
naughty government. They are smart and rich. But they don’t have a nice moral.
They do corruption, bribery, money
laundering, etc. It makes tort of Indonesian.
In Indonesia, there are strikes and acts
of violence everywhere. The whole structure of education seems to be on the
breaking point. Ours is a democratic form of government. So, everyone high and
low person should gave chance to aspire for the highest place in the
government.
SOLUTION
If I were a Minister of Education, I
would bring about many changes in the education pattern of Indonesia.
The important things to make fun what
you did is if you really understand that you want it. You know that you need
it, but it isn't enough. So you should really want it. Learning is a important
thing for improve our skill and knowledge. But, most of students feel so bored
and it makes they lazy for went to school. So, of course when they went school,
not willingly it just like a torture. And when they get torture, everything
will be nothing. I mean, they will not care with the lessons. Yes, they are
over there, but their feeling, and their mind aren't over there. As we know, it will not improve anything of
the students.
So, if i am the minister of education i
will make students went to school because they want it willingly. And how it
could? (www.arliasworld.blogspot.com)
First, The allocation hours of art, religion,
history, literature, etc doesn’t like the step-lesson. Because it do not fair, students
not only need to improve their exact lesson but it should be balance. They will
learn about fun music and drawing. Because, art does not only help to develop
the right side of the brain, but it also cultivates important skills that
benefit a students development. Participating in art activities helps students
to gain the tools necessary for understanding human experience, adapting and
respecting others ways of working and thinking, developing creative
problem-solving skills, and communicating thoughts and ideas in a variety of
ways.
Students also need study more about history
to learn how they got to where they are now, to learn what worked for people in
the past, to learn not to make mistakes made in the past. Besides
that students also will recognize
a national heroes, respect their struggle,
and students will love the independence of Indonesia. They
will have the patriotism soul.
Students also need to reading and
writing a stories. Reading and writing, in general, are undoubtedly some of the
most valuable skills one can have obviously, having these skills makes is much
easier for people to communicate and to participate in society. The written
word can be used to enlighten, to persuade, to express emotion, or simply for
enjoyment. With literature subject, students will improve their writing skill,
and they need to love reading.
Religion subject also
need to be fairness. Short hours lesson than exact subject will make unbalance
between brain and soul. Knowledge of religion
includes morals and
manners should be
taught more to students. Moreover, civil and physical education also
needed by students which have many useful reasons.
Second changes
in the education pattern of Indonesia which I will change is the Evaluation system in Indonesia. So, Evaluation system will free
from the multiple-choice models. So, students are given the freedom
to compose an answer. The knowledge of students are expanded in writing the answer. Because, many students are very scared or
maybe just lazy, then buy the National Exam question ilegally. Students are
required to meet the minimum passing grade, not all students are able
prioritize honesty. Multiple choice questions make it easier for naughty students
to cheat.
Because
of its value-oriented, consequently patterns of learning - teaching in the
classroom. the students focus on how students could pass the National Exam. As
a result, the students are learning in school is a skill to answer questions
quickly and accurately. And being pursued by the teachers, principals, and the
Minister of Education is the increase in graduation statistics. Not oriented in
the spirit of true learning (learning-oriented) which should be the foundation
of every person who ever taste of formal education.
Third, for graduation,
the National Examination is replaced by
the final form of social or scientific
projects. So, students will realize that the real
success is not not
priority about numbers. However, starting from the diligence and hard work, not from a trick of answering
multiple choice questions deftly.
Because, how
the poor Indonesia students. The
increasing people who go to
school now. The news of the brawl between students, and students
demonstrations also increased. Why? Because, In the school
there is not enough space to training a polite communication
through the discussion of exchange opinions between students. For
several years students crammed
a question that they will never encounter in real life. students are not equipped
with critical thinking because
they are not accustomed to
writing. From the daily tests until the
National Exam multiple-choice
does not encourage them to love their library
(to stimulate reading).
So, it does not forming
a creative mindset
and open-minded to solving the problem of students.
And the last, i want to return
back the essence of
the teaching profession as an educator,
not just teachers who only prepares students
to pass the exam. Education
in this country not just be a site for transfer knowledge to copied the teacher. But, students
must be able to transform science education. So, the final purpose of
education is to create a generation which able to
answer the challenges of the world.
CONCLUSION
So
if I were a minister
of education, with the changes in the education pattern
of Indonesia. I will improve the quality of education in Indonesia with my real
steps. I hope I can create Indonesian successful generation and they can have the Pancasila moral life. Then Indonesia will
be full of intelligent and truthful people. Indonesia
will free of corruption and violence. It will makes development
in our country has a nice
progress.
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