Education Problem in Indonesia

Education problems in Indonesia

            There are quite a lot of problems with education in Indonesia. Including the high cost of education in Indonesia, inadequate facilities and low opportunities for equal distribution of education. In this article I will discuss the low of level of education equality in Indonesia. Indonesia is a country that consist of many separate islands. Maybe that is one of the obstacles why education in Indonesia is still uneven. The government still cannot regulate how education in Indonesia is distributed equally. There are so many facts about the lack of equitable education in Indonesia. Like school in big cities that have high-rise buildings, while school in the village buildings are sometimes rather damaged especially those in remote areas to access roads to school sometimes very difficult. The government is busy to improve education in the city alone and forget that in the villages also need government attention for education. Then also regarding teacher professionalism, the teachers in the city schools are certainly professional teachers. But for schools in the villages are the teachers professional? Not necessarily. In Indonesia if you want education evenly, try to provide professional teachers to teach in the village. So that the people in the village are no less smart than people in the city. Indonesia for teacher salaries does not meet the minimum wage standard. The salary of teachers whose job is to educate the children of the nation is inferior to the salaries of employees who work in companies with leader from abroad. Fear that most people are more interested in becoming employees than in becoming a teacher. And how teachers can become professional teachers if their interests are lost enough because of the salary.

            For the problems of education in Indonesia, some solutions can be taken from education in Swiss countries. Swiss is a country that prioritizes education for its citizens. Education in Swiss is fairly equitable because none of its citizens are illiterate. It has proven that education in Swiss is evenly distributed. The government in Swiss builds schools and provides professional and complete learning facilities. In this country too, education at the elementary level or basic education such as elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school is free without any fees. So there are no citizens who don’t go to school or drop out of school because of the cost. For a teacher’s salary in Swiss is quite large. Even In Swiss it was ranked 2^nd in the salary of the world’s largest teacher. No wonder the Swiss teachers are very professional. Because the education they took to become a teacher can be avenged with a sizable salary. After we compare education in Indonesia with Swiss, it is quite different. Indonesia could have the same education as a Swiss. But Indonesia has its own obstacles, like separate islands, while Swiss does not.  

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History of Education and Teaching of English in Indonesia

       English education and teaching in Indonesia has existed since the Dutch colonial era. At that time, English as a foreign language in Indonesia and much education about English experienced many changes according to the development of time and policy changes that were influenced by economic and political factors. In the Netherlands-Dutch government, English education is taught at the level of MULO (junior high school level) and AMS (senior high school level). When it was learning English, in addition to Dutch children, also native people but only certain native people were able to go to school in MULO and AMS. Most native children are only able to attend elementary school. Dutch education is recognized as having good quality. So that graduates of the MULO school can speak English well. In addition to English, students also learn other foreign languages ​​namely Dutch (a language that must be studied) and other languages ​​such as French / German and local languages ​​(Javanese).

       During the Japanese occupation, the Japanese carried out a purge on education in Indonesia by banning education that studied Dutch, English and other European languages. Books related to the language were destroyed. But conversely, Japanese is studied and used in the community is also taught in schools with the aim of Japanese being made a second language in Indonesia. Entering the period of independence, education about English was again taught at schools. The policy was not a decision from the colonial, but from the legal government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI). The policy indicates that English is increasingly becoming a foreign language in the world of education in Indonesia. As the main international language, English is important to be mastered by Indonesian people so that Indonesia is still able to keep abreast of developments in world life.