Indonesian Education Nowadays

By: Lutfida Shinta Dewi

Education comes from the basic word students which means to maintain and provide training, teachings, guidance regarding morals, and intelligence of the mind. (KBBI: 2009). Education can be interpreted as the process of changing one’s attitude and behavior through teaching and training effort. Teachers as educators not only deliver material to students but also convey positive values ​​so that students become noble individuals.

It is not only teachers who play a role in improving student achievement. But the role of parents is also very influential in the development of children. Children must be supervised by parents while at home. Whether it’s in terms of studying or playing with their friends. This is done so that children remain in positive social circles. Because this environment also gives impacts the child's mentality in achieving learning achievement.

Bearing this in mind, there are still many children who have low manners to parents, especially to a teacher. Not infrequently they also dare to refute or say harshly openly in front of the teacher.

Speaking of manners, this should be a big problem in the world of education. In reality, someone who has good manners, good manners, and has soft words will be easily guided.

Apart from the issue of etiquette, science, and technology that are developing rapidly makes Indonesia overwhelmed in balancing other countries. Also need to know, a country is said to be advanced if the level of education in that country is also advanced. Remember that, we know that the level of educational awareness of Indonesian people is still low, especially those in remote areas.

The children's enthusiasm for learning has also declined. This happens because the world is getting instant. Moreover, internet access is getting faster. The mindset of today's students puts forward the copy-paste from the internet rather than having to think. They tend to want instant things. In other words, their thinking ability is not well developed. This is a great homework for teachers and parents.

Apart from these factors, the role of the community in the management of education is lacking. Community participation in education is still in the form of financial support. Even though the most important thing is participation in the education process which includes: (1) decision making, (2) monitoring, (3) evaluation, and (4) accountability. Aside from these, the low quality of teachers is also very alarming.

For this reason, efforts must be made to improve the quality of education, including:

1. Teacher Quality Improvement

Improving the quality of teachers can be done by selecting teachers first before being deployed to the world of education. Teachers as educators should also be more creative, innovative, skilled, have high initiatives, and have a clear political attitude. The teacher is also a human being, they also need a salary, benefits, or other awards that will be guaranteed in his life.

2. Improvement of the curriculum

The curriculum becomes a schedule or foundation that is used as a guide in educational institutions. The preparation of the curriculum must consider the natural potential, human resources, as well as existing infrastructure. Besides, the government also must pay attention to students, whether they are able to accept a new curriculum or not.

Curriculum changes which not following student’s ability also make the overwhelmed in accepting teaching from the teacher. The impact is the new curriculum doesn’t be a good breakthrough in overcoming the existence of an educational problem but rather the opposite.

3. Equitable Education

It's not a new problem if education in Indonesia is not evenly distributed. Considering that there are still many children who do not have the opportunity to receive education, especially those who are far from big cities. The government tends to pay much attention to those who in the big cities, this is why education in Indonesia still has an experience gap.

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