The Quality System Education In Indonesia

The government needs to pay attention about quality of education.

Jessyka Lusiana Dolok Saribu
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The quality systems of curriculum in Indonesia make feel nauseous. 

The curriculum in Indonesia is different with curriculum in other countries. Indonesian try 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 billion, and this budgeted for infrastructure such as teachers training, buildings, books, etc to make the learning process better. The education system in 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 changes 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. According to (Azumardi Azra,2006) explained that change of curriculum had affected the national education system of Indonesia it had not only affected the learning climate in the classroom, but the readiness of the principal and subject teachers in efforts to understand and apply the curriculum in practice.

 Not all teachers know how to use internet. In this new 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. (Bernie Poole 2012) “Every teacher should be familiar with presentation software such as PowerPoint because they can use it for makes students interested and also make students easily to understand the topic. Teachers also should make an online discussion group, where teachers get together in an open e-forum to share ideas about teaching and learning”.

The government needs to pay attention to infrastructure and facilities in school.  Schools do not supply library and books, so students cannot access books easily. Students also do not have a comfortable classroom to study. Students use the classroom that’s the roof is leaking. They do not 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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Poole.B. (2012, May, 10).  What Every Teacher Should Know About Technology. Education world. Retrieved November, 15, 2016, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech227.shtml

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