SISTEM PENDIDlKAN NASIONAL DALAM TANTANGAN
Abstract
Two items appear at the horizon when looking atthe highly productive population
of this country: hope and challenge. On the one hand, a high percentage of
young people inspires hope of productivity, creativity and innovation. On the
other hand, we see the challenges of reducing unemployment and developing
the quality of our human resource. Fulfilling the needfor quality basic education
and health services of the people is required to be able to face this challenge.
There are three basic problems with respect to systems and policies of national
education in Indonesia: (1) there is a tug-of-war between centralization and
decentralization as regards systems and policies; (2) there is a need to provide
quality education to everyone and for everyone; and (3) Clarity of goals: for
whom is this education? And on whose side is national education on? Any choice
of national policy for the educational system must orient educational practice at
the national level while at the same time appreciating the value of local wisdom
and taking into consideration the variety of backgrounds that the people may
have.
There needs to be good will among public education policy makers at the national
and regional levels to the point of even inviting representatives from teachers
at the local level to participate in the making of the curriculum, asking them
to be involved in the management of the educational process, soliciting their
help in the implementation of the plan at all levels, asking them to assist in the
periodical assessments and following them up on it. These teachers should, in
fact, be and actually are at the frontline of the effort to provide a national policy
for the system of education and should be actively involved in its implementation.
Any educational system should aim at the eradication of poverty from society
and, at the same time, out of justice, to provide education to everyone andfor
everyone. These principles really need to be followed considering the variety of
the situations of people who are living in Indonesia.
of this country: hope and challenge. On the one hand, a high percentage of
young people inspires hope of productivity, creativity and innovation. On the
other hand, we see the challenges of reducing unemployment and developing
the quality of our human resource. Fulfilling the needfor quality basic education
and health services of the people is required to be able to face this challenge.
There are three basic problems with respect to systems and policies of national
education in Indonesia: (1) there is a tug-of-war between centralization and
decentralization as regards systems and policies; (2) there is a need to provide
quality education to everyone and for everyone; and (3) Clarity of goals: for
whom is this education? And on whose side is national education on? Any choice
of national policy for the educational system must orient educational practice at
the national level while at the same time appreciating the value of local wisdom
and taking into consideration the variety of backgrounds that the people may
have.
There needs to be good will among public education policy makers at the national
and regional levels to the point of even inviting representatives from teachers
at the local level to participate in the making of the curriculum, asking them
to be involved in the management of the educational process, soliciting their
help in the implementation of the plan at all levels, asking them to assist in the
periodical assessments and following them up on it. These teachers should, in
fact, be and actually are at the frontline of the effort to provide a national policy
for the system of education and should be actively involved in its implementation.
Any educational system should aim at the eradication of poverty from society
and, at the same time, out of justice, to provide education to everyone andfor
everyone. These principles really need to be followed considering the variety of
the situations of people who are living in Indonesia.
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PDFDOI: https://doi.org/10.33508/arete.v2i1.666