The Quality System Education In Indonesia. Headline

The government needs to pay attention about quality of education. Position

The quality systems of curriculum in Indonesia make feel nauseous. Hook/ headline

The curriculum in Indonesia is different with curriculum in other countries. Indonesian tried to follow the quality system of curriculum from other countries, but Indonesia still has many problems to apply the system from other countries. The Government has budgeted over IDR 829 milliard, and this budgeted for infrastructure such as teachers training, buildings, books, and etc to make a learning process better. The education system of Indonesia does not encourage independent, creative thought but focuses more on learning by rote. Discipline is strict, commendation little and many students are expelled for what in the western world we would consider slight misbehavior. The Government needs to improve the quality of curriculum system in Indonesia.

The curriculum in Indonesia always change every 5 years, and this can make the students be confused with their subjects. They will have many difficulties to follow the new curriculum that makes their result of study become nasty. The curriculum that always changes, also make the students lose their times to play. Because, the new curriculum usually increase time to study more for students at school (Sahabat Geografi, 2012) “The existence of an increase in and the balance soft skills and hard skills that includes aspects of the competency attitude, skills, and knowledge. Curriculum also incriminates students, because the students get many subjects. Also, they have limits of a maximum of time concentration in learning”.

 Not all teachers know how to use internet. In this area, technology already develops. The teachers should use internet to teach their students, but the teachers who are already old will feel difficult to learn about internet. On the other hand, teachers should make the teaching process with a technology to attract the attention of students.(Maria M, 2014) “Teachers should make a process learning became fun and no boring for students. Teachers can using power point, and other sites and give assignment to students that makes students learn how to use the internet”.

The government needs to pay attention with education is about infrastructure and facilities in school. Schools don’t supply library and books, so students can’t access books easily. Students also do not have a comfortable classroom to study. Students using the classroom whose roof is leaking. They don’t have enough tables and chairs to study in classrooms. Government has given a lot of money to make infrastructure and facilities in Indonesia became better. Although the government already budgeted money, but most all schools have not yet got. (Anis Baswedan, 2013) “The standard of infrastructure and facilities are the criteria regarding a study room, projector, computer, libraries, laboratories, places of recreation as well as creative and other learning process, including the use of information and communication technology” (Muhammad Hamid, 2013) “Furthermore, the number of qualified teachers is still not evenly distributed in rural areas. According to the Director General of Primary Education at the Ministry of Education and Culture, Muhammad Hamid, many elementary schools (SD) in Indonesia face a serious shortage of teachers.  The amount is estimated to reach 112,000 teachers”. 

If the curriculum in Indonesia always changes and there are not enough infrastructures, so the education system will be worse because the students and also the teachers will be confused to follow the rules. Therefore, the quality development of curriculum system will give profound impact for a better education system in Indonesia.

Reference:

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USAID.(2013). Reflections on education in Indonesia. USAID. Retreview Oktober, 20,2016,from http://www.prestasi-iief.org/index.php/english/feature/68-reflections-on-education-in-indonesia